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TIL author C.S. Lewis wrote upon arriving in England that "the strange English accents with which I was surrounded seemed like the voices of demons. But what was worst was the English landscape."

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kOJk7 TIL Led Zeppelin's lead singer Robert Plant was horrifiied when his Honeydrippers ballad "Sea of Love" became his best-selling single. He was sure his career would be ruined, the industry seeing him as a love singer instead of a rock artist.
jJ8n TIL: Having a building in NYC designated as a “Landmark” puts so many restrictions on it that owners will knock their buildings down as soon as they hear the Landmark Commission is interested in it.
neOkB TIL during the Great Depression Clifton’s Cafeteria eateries boasted the slogan “Dine free unless delighted.” In the original restaurant’s first three months of business, ten thousand customers took him up on the offer. Enough customers paid their bills to make them a success.
P1jvL TIL Simón Bolívar, born into Venezuela’s wealthy elite, voluntarily gave up his fortune and freed his own slaves to lead independence wars against colonial powers, becoming an enduring icon revered by leftist militias across South America today
LkJ9d TIL of 'Death by GPS,' or the deaths of people who follow their GPS systems off cliffs, into lakes, and deep into the desert. These deaths are mainly attributed to "uncritical acceptance of turn-by-turn commands and paying more attention to the navigation system than what is in front of them."