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TIL Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII Philopator) had only 6 great-great-grandparents instead of the standard 16. Also, prior to her famous romances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, she was married to her brothers, who were both named Ptolemy.

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nW6kB TIL Robert Shaw, who played Quint in Jaws, died at age 51 when he was driving with his wife and son in Ireland. He suddenly got ill, stopped the car, got out and collapsed on the roadside.
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