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TIL Newsstand sales account for a small percentage of National Geographic magazine’s monthly circulation. It is only available to subscribers now and stopped appearing on newsstands in 2023 as part of cutbacks

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Br9oK TIL Stephen Hawking once threw a cocktail party for time travelers, only sending out invitations afterwards. Nobody showed up.
M778V TIL: A French textbook publisher apologized after making textbooks saying the CIA was responsible for 9/11.
8aOeL TIL of Oymyakon - the coldest village on earth. The lowest temperature was recorded in January 1924 of −71.2 °C (−96.2 °F). It is known as "The Pole of the Cold". Food includes the frozen raw Arctic fish, white salmon, whitefish, frozen raw horse liver, but they are considered to be delicacies.
4k0Po TIL that Charles Joseph Bonaparte, a descendant of the House of Bonaparte, served in President Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet.
G0oJ TIL Anthony Hopkins did a marathon of Breaking Bad and once he finished he wrote Bryan Cranston that his performance of Walter White was the best acting he’s ever seen.