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TIL that the highest rated book by an american author on Goodreads is Words of Radiance at 4.76

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wY TIL that there are trees in Hawaii with natural rainbow-colored bark.
N7GeP TIL of J.I. Rodale, an early supporter of organic eating and farming. While on the Dick Cavett show, at the age of 72, Rodale said "I've never felt better in my life" and "I'm going to live to be 100..." Minutes later Rodale died on the couch while the next guest was being interviewed by Cavett.
PYoJe TIL Abraham Lincoln is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, having had only one recorded defeat in a dozen years.
kRKg TIL Eddie Van Halen’s guitar solo on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” caused a speaker to catch on fire during its recording
ANVmg TIL that despite its nicknames “The Orange State” and the “Sunshine State” Florida ranks 10th in sunny days and second in orange production.