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TIL: Stephen King was so intoxicated on drugs and alcohol that he “barely remembers writing” Cujo.

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m1Z6M TIL 91% of all the dives to the bottom of the Mariana Trench occurred in the past 4 years. Before that, the only visitors were the original explorers in 1960, and James Cameron in 2012.
Lka5v TIL: Angkor Wat was neither ancient nor forgotten; it was built starting in the 12th century and remained a pilgrimage site after being (mostly) abandoned
e07PJ TIL Sun Tzu had to train the king's concubines as soldiers, so he chose 2 as captains & gave an order, but they all just giggled. He ordered the captains' death, to the king's protests. Sun Tzu said he had to complete his mission. The captains were killed & the squads then performed perfectly.
BKke TIL of the Leomiti family that was in Extreme Home Makeovers. They used 5 orphans to market to the show. After getting their home rebuilt to 9 rooms ,mortgage paid,7 new cars and thousands in donations ,they then kicked all the orphans out of the home within weeks and kept everything to themselves.
16nYP TIL that The Kelly Family, a European-American music group consisting of a multi-generational family, was called a "singing second-hand clothes collection" by the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel.