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TIL that Mark Twain published two dime novels, Tom Sawyer - Detective, and Tom Sawyer Abroad, to cash in on the popularity of pulp fiction and Jules Verne-style science fiction, some two decades after the title character’s debut

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N7gPe TIL the drug quaalude was named after a combination of the phrase “quiet interlude”
l7jG5 TIL the B-52D Stratofortress is the largest aircraft in history to score an air-to-air kill. Two North Vietnamese MiG-21s were shot down by B-52 tail gunners during Operation Linebacker II in December 1972.
GYla7 TIL About the Permian extol event that killed off 95% of all life on earth which eventually lead to the rise of the dinosaurs.
MDEA TIL Lulu the kangaroo was rescued as a joey and hand-reared by a farmer and his family. When a branch knocked the farmer unconscious, Lulu stayed with him and ‘barked’ until the man’s family came, likely saving his life.
XEMJk TIL during the 2006 NFL season the Washington Redskins sold peanut bags with Independence Air logos on them to fans….Independence Air went bankrupt in 2005 and peanuts only have a shelf of about 3 months.