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TIL twilight was originally rejected by 14 publishers.

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6aKZ TIL The Supreme Court unanimously decided that tomatoes were vegetables
mx7PR TIL while fighting in WWII, Max Spencer Adler was shot out of the sky and imprisoned by the Nazi’s. After surviving and returning home, he would go on to create the store we now know as Spencer’s (Gifts).
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