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TIL that Peter Benchley regret writing "JAWS". He later devoted himself to ocean conservation.

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QJP1a TIL that despite infamously campaigning on "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," Alabama governor George Wallace later renounced segregationism, publicly apologized to the black community, and appointed record numbers of African Americans to state positions and his cabinet.
lgV1 TIL of Princess Nora University, the largest women-only university in the world. It has 50,000 students, over 600 buildings, a sustainable design, a library that can hold 5 million books, multiple research hospitals, a convention center, and an automated metro system.
LNEv TIL that since 1997, a team of 50 people has been building a castle in France using 13th century construction methods.
W7Ox4 TIL that Acacia trees warn each other of danger
XEkP TIL that the perpetrators of the “Diamond Heist of the Century” got past 10 layers of security, including infrared heat detectors, Doppler radar, a magnetic field, a seismic sensor, and a lock with 100 million possible combinations – and to this day no one knows how