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TIL the author of Nancy Drew ,Carolyn Keene is not a single person but a collection of ghostwriters paid $125 per book.

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d8bEQ TIL The Siege of Stalingrad resulted in more Russian deaths (military and civilian) than the US and Britain sustained (combined) in all of World War II.
D1pRg TIL of BASE jumper Frank Gambalie, who drowned while fleeing park rangers after an illegal base jump from El Capitan. Months later, fellow BASE jumper Jan Davis attempted a jump to protest the ban and prove it was safe, when she fell to her death
vZZB TIL The richest man in history was Musa I of Mali. On his pilgrimage to Mecca he spent so much gold that he caused a super inflation and devalued the metal for the next decades.
bLjQ TIL that the President of Ecuador offered to let the U.S. keep an airbase in his country, but only if Ecuador could have a base in Miami.
xwEg TIL that Nazi efficiency was fueled by crystal meth, allowing them to go days without sleep and stripping them of empathy