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TIL Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” reached only #41 on the U.S. pop chart, and was not even released as a single in the UK because it “lacked a strong hook”

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8AgV TIL The record for most miles driven by a single car is held by a man named Irv Gordon’s who’s 1966 Volvo P1800 has reached 3 million miles this year. He has owned the car since new and still drives it at age 74.
5gpp TIL in the early 1900s, the British equivalent of “That’s what she said” was “Said the actress to the bishop.”
mEDx TIL the inspiration for the novel Fight Club came to Chuck Palahniuk after he got in a fight on vacation. When he returned back to work none of his coworkers would ask what happened.
PYDbn TIL: The word “avocado” comes from the Aztec word for “testicle”. Likely due to the shape and the way they grow in pairs.
1jMX TIL that when James Joyce picked a fight, he would hide behind Hemingway, “his drinking companion”, and shout: ‘Deal with him, Hemingway. Deal with him.’