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TIL that The New York Times Best Seller list is legally an editorial work. They have no obligation to make it reflect actual sales, and third-parties can be sued for copying the list without permission.

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YpARA TIL that Domestic Cats are considered the most dangerous invasive species globally. The extinction of 63 different species of birds/mammals/reptiles can be directly attributed to them.
j8yR TIL that UPS drivers that go 25 years without an accident get a bomber jacket, a special patch, and are inducted into the UPS “Circle of Honor.”
Eg9lo TIL Utah is dubbed the "online porn capital" as it consumes the most porn in America
E1l8X TIL that the Germans used Pervitin (now known as crystal meth) to keept their soldiers fighting almost constantly in WW2.
8aRB8 TIL of the Welsh Christmas tradition, Mari Lwyd, in which a skeletal horse mounted on a pole visits your door singing poetry. You are then compelled to engage in a battle of rhymes and must best it or else you’ll have to let it inside and give it food.