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TIL that since founding the Imagination Library, Dolly Parton has delivered 100 million books. Why? She quotes: "Daddy couldn't read and write, and that was kind of crippling to him"

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lZdN TIL the inverted cross only became associated with Satan in the 19th Century when a French cult leader was accused of holding erotic Black Masses. He believed the inverted crucifix symbolised the ‘Reign of Love’ as opposed to the 'Reign of Suffering’ of the traditional cross
9wd0B TIL typical Australian bird kookaburras is a kind of kingfisher
69Wrw TIL after AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott died of alcohol poisoning, the band considered disbanding. Scott's parents requested that they not disband. So they hired Brian Johnson as their new frontman and made Back in Black, which became the second best selling album of all time
G9AJ TIL a US Navy SEAL suffered through 30 minutes of agonizing hell to save his teammates from an exploding grenade. Not a karma whoring attempt, I just really want people to remember this guy
R7Lr8 TIL Kevin Tunell killed Susan Herzog in a DUI. Part of his sentence was to send a check every week to Susan's parents. The check would be made out to Susan for $1 and he would send it every Friday for 18 years. Susan, was 18 when she was killed, on a Friday. In all, he would have to pay $936.