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TIL This Man Invented a Font to Help People With Dyslexia Read. and giving it out for free

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lolQN TIL Douglas Adams worked on Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy while writing for Doctor Who, and later turned a rejected Doctor Who story into the third Hitchhiker’s book.
GEe4 TIL Men have weaker immune systems, higher cholesterol, more heart problems, greater susceptibility to diabetes, higher rates of cancer and lower chances of surviving it. Men make up over 2/3 of murder victims, ¾ of traffic accident fatalities and are 3 times more likely to commit suicide
696gJ TIL that Marlon Brando's final film appearance, recorded only a few weeks before his death, was as the voice of an old lady named Mrs. Sour in an animated film called Big Bug Man. The film was intended to come out in 2006, but was delayed until 2008 and then never released.
69d4l TIL one of P.T. Barnum’s promotions featured a “6 Foot-Tall Man Eating Chicken,” which was actually a 6-foot-tall man munching on a chicken leg.
X6LD TIL there is a Yu Gi Oh fanfic that is 1.8 million words, longer than any published novel in history ever.