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TIL in 2011 Harper Collins published new editions of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with new art. After mass controversy from fans, the original Stephen Gammell illustrations were used in subsequent printings.

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NXpMJ TIL that the human stomach can dissolve razor blades
VM4bk TIL the first gladiatorial game of Ancient Rome was held in the city's cattle market in 264 BCE, where funeral celebrations for a former consul included combat between six war captives. Initially competitions of courage to honor the dead, gladiator matches were not publicly sponsored for 160 years.
RpX6 TIL celebrated British military surgeon James Barry was found to be a woman on his death
4XogJ TIL that when somebody overestimates their knowledge and abilities in an area because they don't even know how little they know, it is called Dunning-Kruger effect
49NX TIL If an atom were as big as the Solar System, a neutrino would as small as a golf ball.