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TIL Robbie Williams’ album Rudebox was so commercially unsuccessful that over 1 million copies were sent to China to be recycled and used for surfacing roads

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d8wD8 TIL Bela Lugosi, famous for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the 1931 film, and other horror movies, was buried in full Dracula costume, cape and all.
8NxL TIL Anchorman Peter Jennings, who passed away from lung cancer in 2005, had actually quit smoking around 1985, but started the habit again from the stress of 9/11.
b9Xm9 TIL that it takes 243 Earth-days for Venus to rotate about its axis, yet it takes 225 Earth-days for Venus to orbit the sun. That means that, on Venus, a day takes longer than a year.
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