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TIL Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein,also wrote one of the first Dystopian novels, The Last Man

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eKBE TIL Stan Lee almost quit making comics. He only continued when Lee’s wife urged him to experiment with stories the way he wanted to, since he was planning on changing careers and had nothing to lose. This led to the golden age of comics.
9oBM TIL Academics have claimed the Australian accent is slurred due to the fact that forefathers regularly got drunk together and through their frequent interactions unknowingly added an alcoholic slur to our national speech patterns.
a8g5M TIL of African rice (Oryza Glaberrima), a species native to West Africa that was first grown around 3,000 years ago. It has a nutty flavor and it is considered tastier that Asian rice, but it is less cultivated because it has lower yields
GAo05 TIL that in 1909, a toy company came up with a challenge to the popular teddy bear- Billy Possum, a stuffed possum. They were initially popular but the fad died in less than a year.
R7wYl TIL India is more densely populated than Japan.