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l7VLV TIL that globally there are around 30 trillion air miles that have been earned but not yet used.
W7a0N TIL that William Golding’s "Lord of the Flies" (1954) was almost never published. First submitted as "Strangers from Within," it was rejected nine times and called “rubbish and dull,” until a young Faber & Faber editor persuaded the publishers to print it.
J1Vam TIL In June 1982, Roberto Calvi, nicknamed God's Banker, was found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge in London. Although he had over $14,000 in cash and bricks found in his pockets his death was deemed a suicide. His strange death started the financial scandal at Banco Ambrosiano and the Vatican.