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N7QKQ TIL That the first novel ever, "The Tale of Genji" was written by a woman
R7LE8 TIL: In 1970 pet parrots escaped or were released in Chicago and are thriving in Hyde Park. Thousands were imported from South America in the 50 and 60's.
nW9lb TIL that a football player lied to his team about being in graduate school. The Baltimore Ravens thought that John Urschel was taking classes at MIT part time. The team did not know that he was a full-time PhD math student. Urschel studied from the end of Sunday games until practice on Tuesday.
m1XXv TIL James Cameron was in talks to direct a Spider-Man movie in the mid-nineties. Leonardo DiCaprio would star in a "gritty" take on the story, but subsequent lawsuits--and Marvel declaring bankruptcy in 1996--canned the project.
mPRx TIL André the Giant was so large by the age of 12 that he could not fit on the school bus, and so was driven to school by playwright Samuel Beckett