Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Jaws

Steven Spielberg's Jaws remains quintessential viewing to this day. A young woman is killed by a monstrous shark, but the mayor refuses to close down beaches, fearing that the tourist revenue will dry up. Left with no other choice, an ichthyologist, and a grizzled ship captain team up with the town's police chief to capture the beast.

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The More You Know

  • The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime.
  • Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world's freshwater.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio did not do the drawing in ‘Titanic’
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
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