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TIL Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian) and H.P. Lovecraft (Call of Cthulhu) corresponded frequently and put references to each other's work in their stories.

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7gob TIL that the United States Pentagon is protected by a civilian force instead of a military force
8W9L TIL when the second plane hit the WTC on 9/11, NYC TV station WPIX’s transmission facility was destroyed in the explosion. As a result the channel was stuck showing the exact moment the plane hit the South Tower for the whole day.
OD4X TIL The Apollo 11 astronauts went to the Moon without life insurance. Instead, they signed hundreds of autographs and gave them to family members to sell if they died.
KYD8G TIL it took 15 years and 5,127 prototypes before James Dyson shipped his first vacuum cleaner.
9g8X TIL in 2013, J.K. Rowling secretly released a book under a different name in order to release a book “without hype and expectation.” When she was revealed to be the author, the book surged from 4,709th on Amazon to the 1st best-selling novel.