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TIL that Stephen King considers his novel “Pet Sematary” his most disturbing one, and never intended to publish it.

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NXeWE TIL that there is an eight-member “Effervescence & Champagne” research team at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, where they study the effects of bubbles on champagne, as well as cola and beer.
WXG8 TIL the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. for 2011 was suicide.
x69Wg TIL that in 2018, a family walking along the beach in Australia discovered the oldest message in a bottle, which had been thrown into the sea back in 1886.
Gloj TIL that the connective design for all LEGO bricks has been unchanged since it was patented in 1958; in other words, if you have an original brick from 1958 and a brand new one, they would still be compatible.
jNKKa TIL that at the height of the space race, the US planned to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon as a display of America's Cold War muscle.