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TIL Frank Herbert’s Dune was rejected by twenty publishers, and was finally accepted by Chilton, which was primarily known for car repair manuals.

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4XGWR TIL about Margaret Cochran a woman that fought in the American war of independence while disguised as a man. She was also the first woman to receive a military pension.
O9Ba TIL Field Marshall Montgomery once made a bet with Walter Bedell Smith that is if he could capture the city of Sfax by April 1943 he would receive a B17 bomber. When Monty completed his half of the bet, Smith backed out: The matter escalated all the way to Eisenhower who ensured Monty got his B17.
QPV9 TIL the term “Carjacking” originated in Detroit, MI
JgJk TIL There is a movie about a murderous car tire named Robert, and the entire movie is the tire rolling around, killing people and blowing things up.
4XxrN TIL of Herostratus, an Ancient Greek arsonist who burned down the Temple of Artemis in the hope that he would be remembered forever. His city not only executed him, but forbade his name ever being spoken again in the hopes of preventing this, obviously unsuccessfully