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TIL The set used for Amity Island in Jaws (1975) was later used as Cabot Cove on Murder She Wrote.

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gmaD TIL The term “86” has no official etymology, but it has a couple of plausible origins, including a reference to standard graves being typically dug 8 feet long, and 6 feet deep.
oBmQL TIL in medieval France there was a Christian feast day honoring Mary, Joseph, and Jesus' escape to Egypt. The day was called the Feast of the Ass, and included a woman and child riding on a donkey. It was celebrated on January 14.
YpnpA TIL the expression "Curiosity killed the cat" originally continued with "but satisfaction brought it back"
GA77G TIL President Gerald Ford was in college during the Depression. Desperate for money, every two months he sold his blood for $25
xQgo TIL a drunk Russian man passed out drunk only to find himself waking up at a morgue. At his own ‘funeral’. He then proceeded to drink vodka with his friends who were supposed to be mourning him.