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TIL Stephen King has written a children’s book using a pseudonym and reviewed it as himself.

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MeYnB TIL that the northernmost Grain Silo in Canada is in northern Alberta and only 200 km from the border from the Northwest Territories.
YokA TIL in India, where most marriages are arranged by parents with the couples vetted on the basis of caste, complexion, horoscope, there is a Guardian Angels-style vigilante group that protects young couples who fall in love across different castes. They are called the Love Commandos.
KyLQ TIL that the Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian Army is a penguin called Sir Nils Olav
E14mX TIL Penny Marshall, who played Laverne on Laverne & Shirly, directed Big, and was the first woman to gross over $100m at the box office
J8MQ TIL the smell of “Freshly cut grass” is caused by cis-3-Hexen-1-ol, A leaf Alcohol