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TIL in 2014 The Wheel of Time series was nominated for a Hugo Award, meaning judges had to read 11,308 pages. Word count: 4,012,859

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E1dk0 TIL China has a single cockroach colony that is larger than the world’s human population, bred for medical use
oB8QK TIL that John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of Kellogg's Cereal, routinely administered half a pint of yogurt as an enema (placed it up his anus) because he believed it would clean out his system
9wQYm TIL Ennis Cosby, Bill Cosby's son, was murdered in Bel-Air
jNE5p TIL that the TV show Mr Robot has a team of hackers and cyber security experts who make sure that the hacking shown on the show is accurate. Hacking scenes are also performed by members of the technical team in real life, then recorded and rebuilt using Flash animation.
1axoD TIL, acclaimed novelist Kurt Vonnegut loved the TV show Cheers, even claiming, "I'd rather have written 'Cheers' than anything I've written" (#9 on the list)