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TIL After a man in England died of continuous laughter on watching an episode of 1970s TV Show ‘The Goodies’, his widow sent a letter to its makers, thanking them for making his final moments so pleasant.

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yA5J TIL that Simon the cat, a feline aboard Royal Navy Ship “The Amethyst” was awarded The Dickin Medal for gallantry under fire. The gallantry? He protected the ship’s food supplies from an infestation of rats.
R5pk9 TIL The Spanish observed how Native Americans lived and the food they ate, coming up with a theory that they were once white but their conditions made their skin darker, with less facial hair. This meant the Spanish believed that they could “cure” Natives by changing their lifestyles
jNrda TIL that at Billy Mays' funeral, the pallbearers wore blue shirts and khaki pants, much like what Mays wore when he advertised products
wLDwY TIL of Fermi's Paradox that proposes theory’s for why we haven’t heard from or seen any aliens. One of which being that they aren’t communicating because of an impending threat they know about, that we are not aware of.
16A7d TIL: In the past, covering a yawn with one's hand was believed to protect against the devil or the loss of one's soul. The superstition likely originated from the idea that showing a yawn made one susceptible to spirits entering the wide-open mouth.