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Wa4A TIL Children’s books have 50% more rare words in them than does an average showing of adult prime-time television.
Rek9 TIL Frankenstein author Mary Shelley kept her dead husband’s heart and carried it with her for almost 30 years until she died in 1851. It was found in a desk drawer a year later, wrapped in a copy of one of his final poems.
wLYY TIL Alan Rickman failed his California driving test at one point for “driving too cautiously through a green light”
Bynx TIL Venezuela owes foreign airlines over 4 billion dollars, leading many airlines to sharply reduce or stop service in the country
nekgo TIL That the American flags at Disneyland don't have 50 stars and 13 stripes. Therefore they are not classified as true American flags and do not need to be lowered or lit every night.