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TIL Victor Hugo once asked his publisher how his novel “Les Miserables” was doing with a telegram consisting only of “?”. The publisher’s response was “!”

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JrxB TIL pilots have to wait 6 hours after taking Viagra to fly because it can affect blue/green colour differentiation, interfering with their ability to interpret cockpit instruments and runway lights.
Wkedo TIL 129 million Americans have only one option for broadband internet service in their area – equating to about 40 percent of the country.
5VMGR TIL that DJ scratching was invented in 1975 when Grand Wizzard Theodore was playing records loudly, making his mother to enter his room to scold him. This caused him to hold the record still, accidently moving it back and forth and liking the sound it made.
4XdkJ TIL that On Black Friday 2014, Cards Against Humanity replaced the game with a “Bullsh*t” box, on sale for $6. This box contained “literal feces, from an actual bull,”This was to protest to the Black Friday shopping where shoppers will literally buy anything on sale. They sold 30,000 copies.
8bOb TIL That the $100 bill has almost surpassed the $1 bill as the most common US currency denomination in the world.