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TIL William Faulkner refused a dinner invitation from the White House because he thought it was "a long way to go just to eat."

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GA4yg TIL that when an illiterate lottery winner named Abraham Shakespeare (!) mysteriously vanished, amateur web sleuths lured the woman eventually convicted of Shakespeare’s murder into their true crime forum. Link to that forum thread in the comments
N7gaJ TIL that Winston Churchill served as MP for 64 years. He served under both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth.
WkPvX TIL that Apple actually license the 'iOS' trademark from Cisco. Cisco had used it for at least 10 years prior to Apple for their operating system.
VB1OD TIL about the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race held in 1968-69. Of the 9 participants: 4 retired before leaving the Atlantic Ocean, one retired after Cape Horn, one sank, one committed suicide, one abandoned it, and only one completed the race
nveB TIL bees have hair on their eyes. They are used to determine wind direction and flight speed.