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TIL Stephen King is writing a sequel to “The Shining,” called “Doctor Sleep,” set to be published in 2013.

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grKl7 TIL of the Hundred Horse Chestnut, the largest and oldest chestnut in the world which according to legend was large enough to give shelter to 100 knights and their horses inside its trunk during a storm, hence its name, the girth of the trunk is 57.9 meters (190 ft)
8eR1a TIL about the zero Euro note, used as a souvenir banknote with authorized printing by the European Central Bank. The Georgian ones features Stalin.
GYKQ TIL people can cough up mucous plugs that are so large they show the outline of the airways.
MmmW TIL Amazon warehouses use a chaotic storage system where products are not stored by what they are, but rather by where in the warehouse they can best fit.
x6y4g TIL that a new record for the tallest and fastest rollercoaster is going to change hands in October 2024. Currently the Kingda Ka at Six Flags Jackson NJ is 456 feet tall. Falcons Flight will be 640 feet tall located in Saudi Arabia.