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TIL about bi-paternal twins in which a woman becomes impregnated by two different men, resulting in fraternal half-siblings

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PL0Z TIL that the movie “Jaws” was supposed to feature a mechanical shark, but after several malfunctions, Spielberg decided to film from the shark’s point of view and suggest the presence of the shark via composer John William’s musical theme
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4X6gN TIL of Wisdom—the world’s oldest albatross who reunited with the man who first tagged her in 1956. Having spent 40 years apart, Chandler Robbins picked her up by chance among a colony of more than 250,000 nests and discovered she’d also become the oldest albatross to ever give birth to a chick.