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TIL, that the most published works by one author, was L. Ron Hubbard at 1084.

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ybVv TIL there is a documentary that has followed the lives of 14 British children since 1964
bGDa TIL that, according to the Department of Energy, commuter rail only has about 10% better actual fuel economy than cars, and buses are the worst at more than 20% lower given its sparse ridership.
VMLGB TIL every Apple product in every promotional photo is set to 9:41 a.m. This is because when Jobs introduced the original iPhone at MacWorld 2007, he wanted the first image of the phone to show the actual time on the audience's watches. He did a practice run in 41 minutes, so the time was set to 9:41
Y7BDA TIL Mindy Kaling's brother pretended to be black to increase his odds of getting into Med school
16o6r TIL that the first American flag was designed by a high school student in 1958. He got a B- on the project, but when his design was adopted, his grade was bumped to an A!