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TIL pencil sales increased 700% in the year following Sudoku becoming popular.

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6aMJ TIL that Nickleback’s manager instructed Jimmy Kimmel Live director Bobcat Goldwait not to shoot Chad Kroeger from profile because of his big nose. Goldwait waited until there were 10 seconds left in the band’s live performance, then ordered all cameras to shoot Kroeger’s nose.
9YQgX TIL that puppy mills are particularly prevalent among the Amish community.
jNekE TIL that 6-10 billion light years away, there is a void in space 1 billion light years wide. It is completely empty of both normal matter and dark matter. It emits no detectable radiation or light of any kind.
rRVl0 TIL that FIVE movies sold more than an estimated 135 million tickets in North American; Titanic 135.5 million ; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 141.8 million ; The Sound of Music 142.5 million ; Star Wars (Episode IV) 178.1 million and Gone with the Wind 202.3 million (the full list is in the link)
BrPbe TIL Although the Red Baron was their enemy the British respect for him was such that upon his death he was buried with full military honours by No.3 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps who had recovered his body in Northern France.