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TIL authors in Finland receive library royalties that are almost as much per borrowed book as the royalty for each paperback sold

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WdNA TIL When you are ignored by a person whose attention means the most to you, the reaction in your brain will be similar to physical pain.
x6PX7 TIL of incense clocks that tell time with fire. They were used in China since at least 6 AD. Some even could trigger alarms by burning through threads holding metal balls and causing them to fall, or used scented chips so you could tell time with a sniff
W7w98 TIL David Bowie was born David Jones. When starting out, Davy Jones of The Monkees was already famous and so he had to choose a different stage name. His first choice was Tom Jones.
9Y0VX TIL that "Peacock" is not the name of the bird, but is in fact the term for a male "Peafowl". A female peafowl is called a "Peahen"
9YnB6 TIL 99 years ago 4,500 tonnes of a mixture incl. ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at BASF in Oppau, Germany, killing 500-600 people, injuring 2000 more. The explosion, estimated to have 1–2 kilotonnes TNT equivalent, could still be heard more than 300km away in north-eastern France and Munich.