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TIL in 1969 an experimental book named The Unfortunates was published. It shipped as a 'book in a box' consisting of 27 unbound sections with the first and last chapter specified. The remaining sections range from a single paragraph to 12 pages in length and are designed to be read in any order.

ANA14 TIL "Chief Heat Officer" is a thing now
D1bgr TIL Tsar Nicholas II had a very fit body according to pictures taken in 1912 that show him swimming nude during a trip to Finland.
4XpXb TIL NASA has a swat team
aWl0 TIL that an Australian tree can drop 22 pounds(10kG) heavy cones without warning
PYyXV TIL that around 11% of the world population was killed during the Mongol invasions.