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TIL that there's a deep sea creature that's called the flying spaghetti monster due to its resemblance of the satirical deity

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LYyr TIL that after the capture of a serial killer of children, a police officer found his own daughter tied and gagged in the back of the killer’s van.
gJL4 TIL that Stephen King was recognised by an Old Lady in a store who criticised him for writing scary stories. Saying She preferred uplifting stories like The Shawshank Redemption. Completely unaware it was based on his short story.
R7yl1 TIL before the internet, Nintendo had "game counselors" - whom you could call if you were stuck in a game and they would coach you through it.
Me9Z0 TIL that Cormac McCarthy has typed every one of his novels on a mechanical typewriter (about 5 million words) and that at auction it was expected to sell for $15,000, it went for $254,000.
46a TIL that when a supermarket tabloid accused a U.S. Senator of being an alien from another planet, his office responded to the allegations in the Associated Press with the phrase “klaatu barada nikto”.