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TIL Paramount Pictures bought the rights to the Godfather book for only $80,000 before the book was popular. The book went on to sell 9 million copies in two years and remained on the New York Times best seller list for 67 weeks. It became the best selling published work in history for several years

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JYadm TIL that Peanuts start out as flowers above ground. They then wilt, and the remaining peg goes back into the ground, and turns into a Peanut!
16vGW TIL that in the town of Hartford Connecticut, during the colonial times, voter receive a booze infused cake slice, after the church considered christmas as pagan and banned the christmas treats.
xjaw TIL that seismometers along Japan’s coast detected the 2011 earthquake and stopped all bullet trains from operating. Only one train, a test train without passengers, derailed.
LlOZ TIL that as a 2.5 year old girl, Michelle Funk fell into a creek and was submerged for 66 minutes. When rescuers arrived she didn’t have pulse and was not breathing. 3+ hours after that, her blood was warmed. When it reached 77 degrees F. she came back to life and is still living to this day.
nW50b TIL The Guinness book of records was invented by the Guinness beer folks. They figured a book of verifiable facts would help stop bar arguments.