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TIL that Stephen King originally tossed his manuscript for “Carrie” while living in a trailer home with his wife, claiming it was a “loser”. His wife, Tabitha, upon finding it in the garbage and reading it, convinced him to finish it and send it in. It’s the novel that made him famous.

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joVn TIL the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn’t get color-specific masks until their first cartoon aired in 1988
oQ0r TIL that there is a whale known as the “world’s loneliest whale”. It calls out at a frequency not heard by other whales and therefore receives no response… It swims the oceans in search of others and receives no reply…
eJMk TIL that during conservation efforts to save the critically endangered toolache wallaby, 10 of the last surviving members of the species were accidentally killed during efforts to capture them for a breeding program. The species is now extinct.
xVmPo TIL: That sleep deprivation played a huge role in major world disasters such as Chernobyl (where engineers worked for 13 hrs), and The Challenger Explosion (certain managers involved only slept for two hrs).
4446 TIL Twins conjoined at the head can possibly share sensory experiences and conscious thoughts.