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TIL about Maedell Hawkins who lived to see her great great great granddaughter and has 623 descendants.

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4kvoJ TIL that Jackie Robinson so loathed the idea of playing outside of New York City that he accepted a Vice President of Personnel position at another iconic New York institution, the Chock Full o’Nuts coffee chain, instead of moving with the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
DXaj TIL that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are both Atheists.. “Many people find religion to be very inspiring… Myself, I found it very stifling. I grew up with Christianity and I remember questioning it greatly.” -Brad Pitt
p8AOe TIL Vincent Price's grandfather invented the first commercial baking powder, "Dr. Price's Baking Powder".
8eKV8 TIL that there are ships propelled/assisted by large cylindrical rotors on the main deck that harness the Magnus effect to propel themselves forward.
jNQvj TIL Steven Spielberg receives $30–50 million a year from all park ticket revenue/portion of park concession for his role as a creative consultant for Universal theme park rides. He can also trigger an exit deal clause and collect a lump sum payment of $535 million, some predicting to be $1 billion.