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TIL Dr. Seuss illustrated a bestselling book called The Pocket Book of Boners.

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noB9 TIL that the widow of the inventor of the Winchester rifle built a house with mazes and dead end staircases to confuse the ghosts of the people who were killed by her husbands rifles.
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pYM84 TIL four rivers named Mat, Ta, Po, and Ni merge to form the Mattaponi river.
4k8pa TIL Dr. Seuss pronounced his pseudonym "Soice" (rhymes with "voice"). It was his mother's maiden name, so he should know!