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TIL that Stephen King threatened bookstore chain B. Dalton with a recall of all his books if they didn't put Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' back on sale.

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WkoRX TIL of a Brazilian millionaire who planned to bury his Bentley so he could drive around in the afterlife. After receiving backlash he revealed it was a PR stunt for organ donation, stating "most people bury something a lot more valuable than my car...healthy organs that will save so many lives."