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TIL the book on which the movie "The Exorcist" is based was initially a failure. The author lucked out when he was invited as a last-minute guest on late night show, The Dick Cavett Show. Subsequently, the book hit The New York Times best-seller list and was picked up by Warner Bros for the movie.

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YpQ77 TIL of Louis IX, the only canonized French king and namesake of St. Louis. He ruled during the 13th c. and is most remembered for justice reform, like presumed innocence, bailiffs, and appeals. He began a golden age for France in Medieval Europe and he arbitrated many disputes between other kings.
yVnEJ TIL American socialite and art collector Peggy Guggenheim claimed to have slept with over 1,000 men, many of them well known artists and writers. Among her known friends and lovers were Marcel Duchamp, Samuel Beckett and Max Ernst (who was also her second husband).
QNQ6M TIL Ranulph Fiennes, named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the worlds greatest living explorer, was an SAS Captain until being dismissed for secretly attempting to blow up a dam built for the 1967 Doctor Doolittle movie because he didn’t like it
EgDlX TIL AAA Tested 6 Vehicle Escape Tools and all 6 failed on laminated glass. Two failed on tempered glass. Testing results on Page 14.
Oomb6 TIL Max Hamburgers is the first hamburger restaurant ever to outcompete McDonald's, forcing them to close their restaurant in Luleå, Sweden, in 1991. When McDonald's returned to the city a few years later, the popularity of Max Hamburgers once again forced McDonald's out of business in 2007