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TIL People need to read at least 100 books on their e-readers to break even with printed books on environmental impact.

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WkXK4 TIL there's a restaurant called the Heart Attack Grill that serves "Quadruple Bypass Burgers," buttermilk shakes, and gives free burgers to people over 350lbs in an effort to promote "good health."
9wwgB TIL about the Genetic Isopoint - anyone alive at the genetic isopoint (or before) is either the ancestor of everyone alive today or no one alive today. And you can assume today will be a genetic isopoint for sometime in the distant future.
VB48B TIL that Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime and the price was 400 francs ($2.000 in today's money).
9YQdM TIL our modern depiction of the stereotypical witch comes from brewsters of the Middle Ages who would use cauldrons to brew, broomsticks as shop signs, and tall pointy hats to stand out in a crowd.
M0Nm TIL Leslie Nielsen Used to Walk Into the Cockpit and say “Good luck. We’re all counting on you,” to the Pilots when he would fly (end of the article)