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TIL Winston Churchill wrote the best-selling novel in the United States in 1904

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JVn1 TIL Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett was also the co-creator of the surreal, post-apocalyptic comic Tank Girl
rNEZW TIL the mouthwash Listerine was originally a surgical antiseptic and was named for surgeon, scientist, and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, Joseph Lister
kOAQW TIL the male platypus is venomous. It has a crooked spur on the heel of each rear foot which can inject venom that is resistant to conventional painkillers.
8aRKZ TIL after the holidays, the Rockefeller Christmas Tree is milled into lumber and donated to Habitat For Humanity to be used for building homes.
nWWL9 TIL in 2008, Johnny Depp told Beavis & Butt-head creator Mike Judge he was interested in playing Beavis for a live-action film. Depp and Marlon Brando would riff on the B&B characters while filming Don Juan DeMarco. Judge said he considered the idea of a live-action B&B, but nothing came of it.