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TIL the roundels on WW2 RAF planes indicate the type of plane

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W7a0N TIL that William Golding’s "Lord of the Flies" (1954) was almost never published. First submitted as "Strangers from Within," it was rejected nine times and called “rubbish and dull,” until a young Faber & Faber editor persuaded the publishers to print it.
neer TIL the Church of Satan doesn’t even believe in the Devil, but merely in embracing one’s carnal self.
xVVxw A person with normal clotting ability would have to lose nearly 40 percent of his blood immediately to die of blood loss.
bvyp TIL that a language dies every 14 days
D1KGV TIL that some commuters in Rome can now exchange plastic bottles for metro and bus tickets. The scheme started in 3 stations. One month after launching, 100,000 bottles had been exchanged.