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TIL Howard Stern originally wanted to title his autobiography “Penis” so NY Times would have say “Howard Stern’s Penis is a best seller.”

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M7K47 TIL "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" was first published 200 years ago (December 23, 1823) in a Troy, New York newspaper
B4mL TIL: McDonald’s coffee is higher rated than Starbuck’s Coffee
e0mnD TIL 49 out of 50 states in America charge inmates for the cost of their own incarceration
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Y7nkv TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..."