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TIL that after many publishers claimed the original Harry Potter novel “was too long for a children’s book”, Nigel Newton, chairman of Bloomsbury Publishing agreed to read it as a favor, but tossed it to the side, only for his 8 year-old daughter to find it, read it, and demand more.

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78PpP TIL in the Canary Island shepherds whistle while they work,and their brain process it as language. It’s called Silvo Gomero.
oRmNo TIL that the phrase “Immaculate Conception” refers not to the belief that Mary became pregnant as a virgin, but to the belief that she was conceived without the “original sin” described in the book of Genesis that everyone else is born with.
XEaw8 TIL Over 40 Sri Lankan students at University of Kang Ning were tricked into working in Taiwan underground factories and slaughterhouses
9wKjr TIL that when boxer Sonny Liston became world heavyweight, he had prepared a speech for the crowd he was told would be greeting him at the airport. No crowd turned up, and this is put at the point that Liston realised he would never be accepted as champion.
QJB49 TIL Ruth Hale was paid by Lucky Strikes to encourage women to join march “Light another torch of freedom” inviting women to smoke cigarettes out in the public