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TIL Stephen King said “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling is a terrific writer, while “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer “can’t write worth a darn.”

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1aeNX TIL The Bohemian Grove is a private campground in California where the rich and powerful go to party. In 2000 a camera was sneaked into the campground and shot the infamous video which showed the members acting out a 'Ritual' known as the Cremation of Care in front of a 30 foot owl.
1aBkd TIL the Greenland Shark has the longest known lifespan of all vertebrates, living for at least 300-400 years. A sample captured in 1952 was concluded to have been born between 1504 and 1744.
JrnQ TIL: There is a Masturbate-a-thon in which participants masturbate to raise money and awareness of the act, in the past six years it has raised $25,000.
4kX05 TIL when Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1996, Jones said: "Well, what can I say in the face of such humiliating evidence? I stand guilty before the world of directing over 300 cartoons in the last 50 or 60 years. Hopefully, this means you've forgiven me."
oBxnW TIL the Boeing factory in Seattle is so massive that rain clouds began to form inside the facility until a state-of-the-art air circulation system was installed