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TIL: the capital of Rwanda has a monthly car-free day

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awkyM TIL that the first Harry Potter Book was rejected by 12 different publishers, before being accepted by Bloomsbury. The CEO of Bloomsbury said it was "The Biggest Publishing Phenomenon of Modern Times."
eplmg TIL about Jerusalem Syndrome, where people with no previous history of psychopathology suddenly exhibit religiously-themed obsessive ideas, delusions, or other psychosis-like experiences after visiting Jerusalem.
ADa6l TIL Iceland has more writers, more books published and more books read, per head, than anywhere else in the world
KObBw TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger's salary for T2: Judgement day was $15 million and total words spoken by him in the entire film is 700. This attributes to $21,429 per word and the line ”Hasta la vista, baby” amounts to $85,716.
kJa6m TIL that Oceangate blew up a 1/3 scale carbon fiber hull model during 6000 psi testing at the University of Washington, shook the whole building, and had to pay for the pressure sensors destroyed.