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TIL that the New York Times Bestseller list is editorial content. The editors choose which books are “bestsellers.”

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xVG95 TIL: The Hanshin Expressway is a 149-mile network of expressways in Japan. The highway’s most famous and unique feature is a small section of road that passes directly through three floors of an office building (Gate Tower Building) in Okasaka.
GY4Q7 TIL about “War Babies” a very odd short film from 1934 that featured a bunch of toddlers in diapers acting out creepily grown-up plots. Shirley Temple does stuff like trade kisses for lollipops and says things like “I’m expensive.” Video is in the link.
nWnEb TIL pepperoni is an entirely American invention, first made in New York City in the late 1910s.
aw4YA TIL that Mark Knopfler agreed to allow Weird Al to parody "Money For Nothing" on the condition that Knopfler play the lead guitar on the track to add "authenticity."
oW6o TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien and Hitler fought against each other in the Battle of Somme (WWI)