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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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LOVm TIL that Mr. T was offered 75k USD to assassinate someone. His body guard reputation attracted strange offers and was frequently approached with odd commissions, which included: assassination, tracking runaway teenagers,and locating missing persons.
vPBDR TIL that the song “Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
pOAO TIL that a Gladiator sequel script had Maximus reincarnated by the Roman gods and returned to Rome to defend Christians against persecution; then transported to other periods including WWII, the Vietnam War, and finally being a general in the Pentagon. It was rejected for being too far-fetched.