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TIL that when Dracula (1897) came out, many “regarded it as excessively frightening”.

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OobWR TIL that Kalawao County, Hawaii is the smallest county in the US in terms of land size (12 sq. mi. of land) and one of the least populated (approx. 90 people). It was a quarantine settlement for people with Hansen's Disease (leprosy).
Xab8 TIL that United States student loan debt exceeds US credit card debt and auto debt
grXyL TIL Japan successfully floated balloon Bombs into the US during WW2, killing 6 people in Oregon "the war's only fatalities in the continental U.S". But, the US Government did such an effective job of covering it up, Japan thought the attack was a failure.
8A5b TIL Michael Crichton is the only person to have had a #1 movie (Jurassic Park), a #1 book (Disclosure) AND a #1 TV show (ER) at the same time
KOpwR TIL that before trees (~400 million years ago) the Earth's landscape was dotted with 24ft tall, 3ft wide mushroom spires called Prototaxites