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TIL the book, “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” was rejected by 121 publishers and then sold 5 million copies worldwide.

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58EB TIL New Zealand is listed as a State in the Australian constitution, and can choose to join the Australian Commonwealth if it wishes.
N7Y4Q TIL about Corín Tellado, a Spanish author who wrote more than 4.000 novels during a six-decade career. She sold more than 400 million copies worldwide, and in 1962 Unesco declared her the most-read Spanish author, alongside Miguel de Cervantes.
9YgX TIL that the University of Iowa’s locker room for visiting football teams is completely painted pink
m5wM TIL that Bea Arthur (Dorothy in The Golden Girls) left $300,000 to an organization that houses homeless LGBT youth after she died in 2009.
P1nLO TIL a Chinese destroyer sank because an officer dumped his girlfriend. She committed suicide, leading to him being discharged, so he decided to detonate the depth charges on the ship, causing it to sink at port and kill 134 sailors.