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TIL not only is Agatha Christie the best-selling novelist of all time, she was also among one of the first Britons to surf standing up.

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wo57Y TIL that every Winter Solstice on December 21st, the inner chamber of Newgrange, an ancient Irish structure that predates Stonehenge, is illuminated for 17 minutes by the rising sun.
p8pZ4 TIL of NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission, in which NASA will launch a nuclear powered drone weighing half a ton to Saturn's moon Titan. The plan is that the nuclear powered drone will fly around on Titan, scouting its terrain while searching for complex and prebiotic chemistry.
d9jB TIL the term night stick comes from the fact that the NYPD used an 11 inch baton during the day called a “day stick” and a 26 inch baton at night called a “night stick”.
P1pJZ TIL This sweater worn by Princess Dianaa just sold for $1,143,000.
nea5r TIL that when Harry Winston was 12 years old, he bought a 2 carat emerald for 25 cents in a pawn shop after the owner had mistaken it for coloured glass. He sold it two days later for $800.