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TIL Mozart was most likely poisoned

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4XadX TIL the 12 boys stuck in Thai cave for weeks before rescued by international effort thought they would have to ride their bikes home after grueling rescue
16p4X TIL Dennis Ritchie, who invented the C programming language, co-created the Unix operating system, and is largely regarded as influencing a part of every software system we use on a daily basis, died 1 week after Steve Jobs. Due to this, his death was largely overshadowed and ignored.
EgKRX Today I learned it’s supposed to be “champing at the bit” rather than “chomping”
xYRD TIL the last Nuremberg Rally intended to be held by Germany in 1939 was given the name “Rally of Peace”, to reiterate the German desire for peace, but it was cancelled at short notice because one day before the planned date, on September 1, Germany began its military offensive against Poland
p8rDN TIL that Cheez-Its aren’t squares. They’re 26 by 24 mm (1.0 by 0.95 inch).