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TIL Fifty Shades of Grey was the highest selling book of the 2010s.

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ZZ9o TIL an ancient Buddha statue recovered by the Nazis was carved from a meteorite.
MeP7W TIL that Pink Floyd’s 1977 album “Animals” was loosely based off of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” but rather than satirizing communism, the album blasts capitalism
d8Ad9 TIL that on the WWII memorial in Washington DC, in an unassuming spot there is a drawing of ‘Kilroy Was Here’ which was a meme of the time.
OGQBR TIL In Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria and other countries, the philosophy of the law holds that it is human nature to want to escape captivity. In these countries, those who escape jail and do not break any other laws are not charged and no extra time is added to their sentence.
XOgX TIL there is a slang term for plastic bags which are caught in trees and bushes: witches’ knickers.