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TIL that before it was published in 1954, ‘Lord of the Flies’ was rejected 21 times.

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nWEWB TIL that ceiling fans have a winter and summer mode.
v1lV4 Today I learned that in 1953 Ferrari supplied F1 engines to a hydroplane boat that set a record that still stands today.
ne1rP TIL billions of wooden pallets are circulating through the world (2 billion in the United States alone). Some 80 percent of all U.S. commerce is carried on pallets. They’re so widespread they account for more than 46 percent of total U.S. hardwood lumber production.
VMVNk TIL SCIENTISTS FINALLY KNOW WHY DOGS HAVE COLD NOSES
6868 TIL that after a year of people using NYC’s bikeshare program, riders have gone 14,700,000 mi. and none of them has died.