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TIL that actress Alicia Witt's parents were found frozen to death in their Massachusetts home in December 2021.They refused help on home repairs repeatedly.

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WkEg9 TIL Ben Franklin, while feuding with Titan Leeds, used astrology to predict his death and published this in the Poor Richards Almanac, and when Leeds didn't die on that date, referred to him as "the ghost of Titan Leeds" thereafter and encouraged him to pass on.
Wlvd TIL that in Japan, Hiroshima Peace Flame has been burned continuously since it was lit in 1964, and will remain lit until all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation
NwgM TIL that Fathead lowered the price of their Lebron James wall graphics from $99.99 to $17.41, the birth year of Benedict Arnold, upon his departure from the Cavaliers.
ADQgd TIL that the sign of the horns (rock and roll hand sign) is an offensive gesture in many countries symbolizing cuckoldry
R556a TIL that Rowan Atkinson first tested his character Mr. Bean in front of a French-speaking audience at the Canadian Just For Laughs festival in 1987. Atkinson insisted on performing for local French Canadians to see if Mr. Bean was funny to a non-English audience and people who didn't know him