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TIL Dolly Parton set up a charity that distributes eight million children’s books per year for free

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yVQQM TIL about The 127 Yard Sale in the U.S. It is the World's Longest Yard Sale and happens the first Thursday thru Sunday in August each year. It's 690 miles long and spans 6 states.
nPxG TIL that the 1968 film “Planet of the Apes” was originally planned to be an episode of the television series “The Twilight Zone” written by Rod Serling.
D1ZdJ TIL that the title of the Radiohead album "OK Computer" comes from a line in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "OK, computer, I want full manual control now." The song "Paranoid Android" refers to "Hitchhiker" character Marvin, the Paranoid Android.
XE4lr TIL there is a R-Rated cut of the live action Scooby Doo, and it featured things such as a lesbian relationship between Daphne and Velma and Shaggy finally being a pothead.
XEwWD TIL the border between California and Nevada was not completely agreed upon until 1985.