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TIL there’s a foundation that takes unwanted and lost diaries.

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X018R TIL of J.R.R.Tolkien Cauldron of Story: the idea of a "pot" in which all our stories are boiled, we keep adding to that "pot", mixing on flavours already there and adding its own new taste as well. Telling new story, you use things long-since added to the big Cauldron—whether you intend to or not.
OoP7R TIL on 21 September 1956, a F-11 effectively shot itself down after firing a burst 20mm cannons while traveling supersonic speeds and running into it's own bullets.
a8DdL TIL that former Bloodhound Gang guitar player Lüpüs Thünder is working as a Real Estate Broker in San Antonio, Texas
Z8PPQ TIL Agatha Christie described the symptoms of thallium poisoning so well in her novel, The Pale Horse, a nurse who read the novel recognized the symptoms in a baby that was dying, and saved it’s life.
VBQVp TIL about a man who committed suicide then had his heart donated to another man who also committed suicide after marrying the first man's widow.