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TIL that 'A Tale of Two Cities' (1859) by Charles Dickens is the most sold non-holy individual book of all time

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9V6Q TIL MLB pitcher Tug McGraw was asked if he preferred to play on grass or Astroturf and he responded by saying “I dunno, I never smoked any Astroturf”
W7Zbd TIL UTC-11 (which includes American Samoa) is the last inhabited time zone to celebrate the New Year. UTC-12 exists, but no inhabited territories lie within it.
69oJW TIL UPS Stores are not directly owned by UPS which results in different liability coverage for packages
0dey5 TIL after tigers escaped from a zoo in Georgia and killed a man, advice was issued on what to do if you meet a tiger, including: don’t approach it, don’t run away, and don’t urinate
WpQN TIL the actress who played Kimi on Rugrats was legally blind. They had to make her script in braille.