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TIL that the autopsy of Robbin Williams revealed he had Lewi body dementia, which is thought to have been “the critical factor” that led to his suicide; not depression. Neither drugs nor alcohol was found in his blood. RIP.

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JEkj TIL in the days after the 9/11 attacks the German warship Lutjens(D185) passed by the US destroyer Winston S. Churchill with the US flag flying at half-mast and the sailors Manning-the-Rails, an honor typically reserved for heads of state.
5VmkQ TIL K-Mart still exists in Australia and New Zealand
jNnLp TIL the reason why frogs/toads croak after a rain is due to attract mates for mating.
YpLWx TIL that Matthew and Maria Emanuel dug up a safe with $52,000 of cash and jewelry in their back yard but didn't keep it. Inside they found wet money, and a lot of jewelry, also a paper with their neighbors address. Eight years earlier their neighbors were robbed, so the couple returned everything.
oRk5L TIL there are between 5 and 8 language isolates in the whole of Eurasia. In New Guinea and surrounding Papuan islands, there are up to 37 of them.