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TIL that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased advertisements in many playbills for the musical “The Book of Mormon”, with phrases like “The book is always better” and “you’ve seen the play, now read the book.”

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QJkv6 TIL that a “contronym” is a word that’s its own opposite. For example: when you seed the lawn you add seeds, but when you seed a tomato you remove them.
5VnjQ TIL None of the Beatles actually knew how to read or write music…
4kkAJ TIL that Donald Duck has a twin sister named Della. First mentioned back in 1937, she did not make her animation debut until 2017. She is actually the mother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
9Kvr TIL that 30 british officers tried to escape POW camp “Castle Colditz” (Oflag IV-C) by digging a tunnel. Because they read the compass wrong, they landed in the wine cellar of a german colonel. There they drank 137 bottles of wine, filled them with their urine and placed them back.
9xBp TIL that the Russian Empire expanded at a rate of 55 square miles a day, for nearly 400 years