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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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ADEox TIL Prince created a video game in 1994 called Prince Interactive. The game was similar to Myst, and it featured Prince's music and his recording studio Paisley Park.
OG51R TIL that during annular and solar eclipses, Navajo people as part of sacred traditions, don't look at the sun. Some Navajo even fast, not sleep and not do any activities for several hours after the eclipse. During the recent annular eclipse, Monument Valley was also closed to the public for a day.
4XnG6 TIL that words that change meaning and sometimes pronunciation based on the capitalization of the first letter, like "Polish" vs. "polish" are called Capitonyms.
XEj8 TIL that Drew Carey offered to donate up to $100,000 (in increments of $10,000) if anyone could beat him in FIFA 2007
16JrO TIL that octopuses have three hearts and have blue-colored blood.