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TIL of A Book from the Sky. This 1987 book was designed in the style of a medieval Chinese manuscript, but all 4000 Chinese characters in it are invented by the author and have no meaning

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eOmn TIL: Squirrels cause seventeen percent of fiber optic cable cuts
0wL6M TIL Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier of World War II, suffered from battle fatigue for the rest of his life. He endured chronic insomnia and recurring nightmares, and kept a loaded pistol under his pillow. He eventually took to sleeping alone in his garage with the lights on.
plWN TIL on the day of his death, “Heath Ledger” was understandably the number 1 search on Google. Number 2 was “Keith Ledger”.
5YjaB TIL that the first science fiction convention was held over 100 years ago. Like many that came after it featured cosplay and panels and was a disastrous financial failure.
X0aeR TIL: It has been proposed that Eva Perón may have been given a prefrontal lobotomy in the last months of her life "to relieve the pain, agitation and anxiety she suffered in the final months of her illness"