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TIL Stephen King wrote the book Misery as a fuck you to his fans who complained about The Eyes of the Dragon, which was written for his children, not being a horror book.

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jNDen TIL all beaches in Hawaii, outside of military bases, are public. Landowners are even required to maintain public access paths to the beach in front of their property.
X04gQ TIL Hawaii is the best place on earth to see rainbows. There are words for Earth-clinging rainbows (uakoko), standing rainbow shafts (kāhili), barely visible rainbows (punakea), and moonbows (ānuenue kau pō). The rainbow is seen as a symbol of transformation and a pathway between Earth and Heaven.
grXxA TIL, There is a rare blood group known as ‘h/h’ or ‘Oh’ which was first discovered in 1952 at Mumbai, India (Formerly Bombay), hence christening another name ‘Bombay Blood Group’. This blood is so rare that only 4 in a million would have it globally; however, every 1 in 10,000 have it in Bombay.
VB640 TIL that Ivan VI of Russia, who ascended the throne at the age of two months, was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna a year into his reign. He spent the next 20 of his life secretly imprisoned without the guards knowing his true identity, before being killed in an attempted rescue.
LQYLV TIL the Union Jack is not symmetric