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TIL a company tried to sell a book at Amazon for $23,698,655.93

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d8D68 TIL of Jean Meslier, who was a French Catholic priest, who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism. From Meslier, Diderot is said to have derived the quote "And with the guts of the last priest let's strangle the neck of the last king".
RJo4 TIL according to the US Flag Code “The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery”, and “No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform”
L4Ar TIL Fresh snow absorbs sound, lowering ambient noise over a landscape because the trapped air between snowflakes attenuates vibration. That´s why it gets so quiet when it snows
J1bAl TIL in 1951, Clint Eastwood was on a military plane when its oxygen, navigation, and communications systems failed. As the fuel ran out, they crashed into the ocean off Point Reyes. Eastwood and the pilot survived, rowing through the dark on a life raft to a lighthouse, and were rescued.
P1X7O TIL that snakes are not necessarily immune to being injected with their own venom and some will die if they accidentally bite themselves