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TIL Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi is the most translated fiction, non-religious book of all time

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jNKEM TIL that during the recording of the title track for the James Bond film "Thunderball" Tom Jones held the final high note for so long that he fainted in the recording booth.
VBEX0 TIL Nazi Germany had a squadron of pilots dedicated to ramming Allied bombers at the end of WWII.
KO9K4 TIL according to The Police drummer Stewart Copeland, Sting spent years trying to find rhymes for "every little thing she does is magic", only able to come up with "tragic" and "pelagic".
R7gj1 TIL Owen J. Badggett became legendary as the only person to shoot down a Japanese airplane with an M1911 pistol, hitting the pilot in the head.
O0aR TIL Ethiopia donated $5000 to earthquake victims in Mexico because Mexico supported Ethiopia when Italy invaded in 1935