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TIL that L. Ron Hubbard is the most prolific writer of all time, publishing 1,084 works between 1934 and 2006

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rNnZx TIL a schoolteacher ran for Senate on a dare from his students and won the primary to become the official Democratic nominee for Senate from Texas. He became the first minority candidate in Texas history to become a United States Senate nominee from either major party.
Xn68 TIL The flag erected on the Moon during the Apollo 11 landing was purchased at a local Sears store for US$5.50.
OYd1 TIL that “in 2005, a Canadian teleco – Telus – blocked its customers from visiting a pro-union website during a labor dispute. Telus just happened to be the company "at the heart of the dispute.”
VB5yD TIL that in 1997 Mattel released Share a Smile Becky, a disabled Barbie doll, only to discontinue it when the wheelchair couldn't fit through the front door of the Barbie Dreamhouse
wPa8 TIL A goat in Utah was implanted with spider genes as an embryo to produce spider silk proteins in her milk which is used to make “bio-steel”, a material which is stronger than Kevlar.