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TIL John Steinbeck spent two months rewriting 'Of Mice and Men' after his dog ate the only copy of the original manuscript.

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d8Rx7 TIL that looking at a solar eclipse is not inherently more dangerous than looking at the sun at any other point in time. But outside of an eclipse, people don’t normally stare at the sun for an extended period of time.
6mxQ TIL when Michael Caine was asked about Jaws IV: The Revenge, he replied: “I’ve never seen it, but by all accounts it’s terrible. However, I’ve seen the house it built, and it’s terrific.”
4XrDX TIL that Olivia De Havilland, who in 1939 starred in Gone with the Wind, is still alive. Born on the same day as the Battle of the Somme started, she is at 103 years old the oldest living Academy Awards winner.
jJKa TIL that the current unofficial record for the “Cannonball Run” (a illegal race from New York, New York to Los Angeles, California) is set at 31 hours and 4 minutes.
x64ND TIL the Popsicle was originally called the Epsicle ice pop after its inventor Frank Epperson