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nW4lW TIL that Robert Shaw was only 46 years old when he was filmed as Quint for Jaws (1975, filmed 1974). He died of a heart attack only a few years later at 51.
jNggv TIL there is an Indian figure in their Congress named Adolf Hitler. Regarding his name, Hitler stated "I don't have any dictatorial tendencies."
0wVGA TIL former Savage Garden vocalist Darren Hayes became an improv comic in 2013 after studying at The Groundlings Theatre.
MexRK TIL Rome's sewers and forums are older than the Roman Republic.
XERvX TIL the expression “How do you like them apples” supposedly originated during the first World War, when the Allies’ anti-tank grenade was colloquially called a “toffee apple” because of its bulb-like appearance on a stick. The phrase was a taunt against the enemy.