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TIL The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew series are still selling over one million copies annually

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Ewdp TIL Chris Columbus was originally set to direct National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation but dropped out after difficult meetings with star Chevy Chase. Instead Columbus made Home Alone; the highest grossing Christmas film of all time.
7Q6b TIL that John McCain was born in Panama and not the continental US. How did he run for president? After a bipartisan review and a Senate resolution, it was concluded he was a natural born citizen as at the time Panama was controlled by the US.
b9jo4 TIL about WhatThreeWords, a navigation system where the entire world's surface is divided into 3 meter squares, and each square can be described by a unique combination of 3 simple words.
OoK87 TIL: Nearly 26,000 gallons of milk is served each year in just twelve days at the MN State Fair “All You Can Drink Milk Stand”
awMvJ TIL that Chinese farmer studied law for 16 Years to sue and defeat chemical corporation that polluted his land.