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TIL Stephen King’s formula on writing is “Read and write four to six hours a day. If you cannot find the time for that, you can’t expect to become a good writer.” He sets out each day with a quota of 2000 words and will not stop writing until it is met.

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78Vbx TIL that every local field is isomorphic to R, C , a finite extension of Q_p , or a finite extension of the field of Laurent series over F_p
MR4W TIL In 2003, a 727 that once flew for American Airlines disappeared from Angola and prompted a worldwide search by the FBI and the CIA. The plane has never been found.
p8rXp TIL about Bob Lambert, an undercover officer. He dated an activist while infiltrating her group, and even fathered a child, despite already having a wife and children. When the assignment ended, he simply vanished, leaving a two-year-old son behind. The London police paid £425,000 to avoid court.
BgrDx TIL a significant part of the local economy of Kinmen County is making high quality chef's knives from the over 1 million artillery shells fired on the island in the 1950s. Shells filled with propaganda leaflets instead of explosives landed whole, leaving tons of high quality steel lying around.
78JxX TIL The English expression "A little bird told me" originates from St. Gregory, who received divine inspiration through a dove