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TIL that Underwater Forest off Alabama Coast Uncovered by Katrina is 50,000 Years Old

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BrVxd TIL Stephen King's 1974 novel, Carrie, was rejected by 30 publishers before Doubleday bought it and paid him a $2,500 advance. The hardcover sold only 13,000 copies, but Signet bought the paperback rights for $400,000, finally allowing King to quit teaching and become a full-time writer.
896Z TIL that the deepest artificial hole on Earth is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, in Russia. It is 12,262m deep, which is 1% of the distance from Earth’s center.
J18VB TIL of the Nika Riots in Byzantium in 538 AD. They lasted a week, destroyed half the city, and killed tens of thousands of people. The riots were started over a chariot race
Nl96 TIL In ancient Egypt, gods were believed to frequently masturbate and the act was considered magical and creative. One such God, Atum was believed to have created the universe by masturbating and ejaculating
J1ld4 TIL despite MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" hitting #1 in many countries and helping the "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" album stay at #1 in the US for 21 weeks, it only peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and he had 4 higher charting hits in the US