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TIL when John Williams first played Steven Spielberg the theme song for 'Jaws,' the director laughed and thought it was a joke. He then asked Williams if he could try something a little more swashbuckling, but luckily the composer was able to convince him otherwise.

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rNLP1 TIL of Wilfred Stamp, who has the record for the shortest length of time holding a peerage. He and his father were killed by the same bomb during The Blitz, and due to how Britain treats simultaneous deaths, his father was considered to have died first. The family paid inheritance taxes twice.
8aAMa TIL that tigers can, and will, take revenge on those who have wronged them. They are one of the most vengeful animals on the entire planet.
NgkN TIL that 36% of young (16-19), Japanese males consider themselves to be “Herbivore Men,” meaning that they have no desire to ever seek out a sexual relationship with a person of either gender. The trend has had a striking impact on the Japanese birth rate.
xVG4o TIL Jesse Owens broke three world records and tied a fourth, all in less than an hour at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a feat never equalled since, and called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport". Owens went on to win four golds at Berlin the following year.
kaAB TIL Tibor Rubin, a Holocaust Survivor, fought for the US in Korea. Once he held off an enemy assault for 24 hours alone. Later wounded and captured, he would risk certain death by stealing food from his captors and giving medical aid to his fellow prisoners, saving over 40 lives in the process.