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TIL Dr.Seuss wrote an adult book, but due to his inability to draw a sexy female it was a flop

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OoJNX TIL that the bird, Turkey (like the country) is Peru (like the country) in the Portuguese language
DXnY TIL in 1996, Bear Grylls broke his back after falling 16'000ft when his parachute ripped. Two years later he climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest.
8eBDL TIL that all the local anaesthetic drug names end in “-caine” because cocaine was one of the first local anaesthetics.
nBPo TIL when asked what would happen if he were invited to a dinner party with his characters, Dr. Seuss said, “I wouldn’t show up.”
nWpaY TIL about The Secret a treasure hunt created by Byron Preiss. The hunt involves a search for twelve treasure boxes, the clues to which were provided in a book written by Preiss in 1982, also called The Secret. These boxes were buried at secret locations in cities across the United States and Canada