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TIL Xijinping has published over 100 books with around 100 million copies sold, raked in at least 500 million yuan(69 million USD) of royalty by a conservative estimate

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WWxo TIL after Nietzsche’s death, his sister edited his work to remove anything that didn’t align with the Nazi Doctrine. Writings that were Anti-Nazi, were edited to be Pro-Nazi, and used by Hitler’s party. The Nazis didn’t know she did this, and believed that Nietzsche was genuinely pro-Nazi.
ZPrB TIL a Scottish University discovered a drug which combats leukaemia… in the nation’s favourite drink - Irn Bru.
EnYp TIL in 2002 a 15 year old boy inspired by 9/11, stole an airplane and flew it into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It damaged one office room and he was the only person that died.
wonJM TIL that rainbows can be formed by light reflecting off the Moon, and are technically called "Moonbows"
NLD6 TIL Amazon has a non-professional Starcraft II team named “Amazon Painforest”