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TIL that Winston Churchill would have written John D. Rockefeller's biography, during the 1930s, but the Rockefellers withdrew their offer once Churchill demanded $250.000 for writing the biography of their patriarch.

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yYb8 TIL Ostrich eggs repel spiders and are incorporated into the chandeliers of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque to prevent cobwebs.
OGAye TIL Prior to setting the 1964 and 1965 land speed records, Art Arfons bought a jet engine from a F-104 Starfighter from a scrap dealer for $600. He successfully fixed the engine and tested it by tying it to trees in his garden, despite objections from the government and his neighbors
d87lZ TIL Dr. Deborah Birx achieved the rank of Colonel in the military
4XPxR TIL arnold schoenberg suffered from triskaidekaphobia the fear of the number 13 as he lay in bed, he died that night simply because of the fear, at the age of 76 / 7+6= 13 and on friday the 13.
Y7ZLB TIL that just one white European has ever run a 100m race in under 10 seconds.