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TIL that The New York Times Best Seller list is made up by editors and has nothing to do with the actual number of books sold

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apEM TIL Prince covered Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella in 2008, and a mobile phone video of it was uploaded to Youtube. Prince quickly made Youtube remove it. After finding out about the blocking, Radiohead’s lead singer Thom Yorke said “Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our song.”
kVbW TIL the actor who played “Scotty” on Star Trek, James Doohan, was shot six times storming Juno beach on D-Day - 4 times in the leg, one in the chest and one through his finger.
loWmG TIL Daily Mail editor Lord Rothermere was a friend of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler and wrote articles such as "Hurrah for the Blackshirts". The Spectator condemned Rothermere's article commenting that, "The Blackshirts, like the Daily Mail, appeal to people unaccustomed to thinking.”
VRoZ TIL in an early rough draft script of “Star Wars” (episode IV), R2-D2 speaks English, and is kind of a jerk.
KOKkR TIL the cost of a Bugatti Veyron's oil change is between $20,000 to $25,000 & the cost of tires is around $38,000