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TIL All of Nicholas Sparks’ books (author of The Notebook) have been New York Times bestsellers.

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DQEXe TIL The same person was the voice for Miss Piggy, Yoda, Cookie Monster, Grover, Fozzie Bear, and Bert!
l7aD7 TIL that the okapi or forest giraffe or zebra giraffe or Congo giraffe is the only species in the genus Okapia and the okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae.
8aWRa TIL I learned that both Chinese and Koreans refer to themselves as "Han." However, their origins are unrelated, with Chinese "Han" ultimately deriving from the name of a local river, and Korean "Han" likely sharing the same root as the "khan" of the Mongols and Turks
VL68 TIL Women’s flapper fashion of the 1920’s valued small breasts and a thin boyish figure. Bras to flatten the chest were wildly popular
P1EZg TIL Edmund Kemper helped a nonprofit called Volunteers of Vacaville in reading/recording books for blind people to listen to. He logged over 5000 hours between 1977-1987 but stopped in 2015 after a stroke.