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TIL that one review of Thinner, written by Stephen King under a pseudonym, was described by one reviewer as "What Stephen King would write if Stephen King could write"

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PpgJ TIL in 1995, current US House Speaker John Boehner was caught handing out checks from the tobacco lobby on the floor of the House of Representatives just before a vote on cutting tobacco subsidies.
VM4e8 TIL Despite it's size, the Seychelles is the richest country in Africa, with a total geographical administrative region as large as South Africa, even as an "island" nation.
OGykY TIL of Francis Wharton. A British Columbia woodsman who killed a deer and made dentures of its teeth, then ate the deer using its own teeth.
9wYJG TIL that in 1992, Little Caesar's founder Mike Ilitch bought the Detroit Tigers baseball team from Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan.
WkA98 TIL that during a flight of the Hindenburg over the UK a parcel was thrown overboard and found in West Yorkshire. It contained flowers, a small silver Cross, and a note requesting they be delivered to a passenger's brother's grave