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TIL - The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the world.

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x4Q7 TIL that the “Where’s the beef?” Wendy’s advertising campaign of 1984 ended in 1985 when the actress performed in a commercial for Prego pasta sauce, saying that she “finally found” the beef.
GAaAQ TIL about the Fieldston neighborhood of New York City. Its 1.1 km2 is entirely privately owned, including the streets, sewers, and trees. Once a year, the streets are closed to non-residents to legally qualify the streets as privately owned.
e0N7J TIL when Elton John proposed marriage to sound technician Renate Blauel who was a member of his entourage on a 1983 Australian concert tour, she accepted and the engagement was announced the following day. The wedding took place three days later
B56r TIL Earth is being shadowed by a minor planet called 2010 TK7, a 300 meter diameter trojan asteroid that orbits the sun in a spiral pattern every 365.3 days, 60° ahead of Earth’s track through space. It has a gravitational force 1/20000 that of Earth and was only discovered in 2010.
e8Z4 TIL that before the Eraser was invented people used soft bread crumbs to erase pencil marks