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TIL in 1955, at age 76, Albert Einstein suffered a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Doctors offered surgery, but he refused, saying, “I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially.” He died the next day, on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey.

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D1APr TIL about Apophis (Egyptian god of death and darkness), an asteroid that will pass earth closer than our own satellites orbit on Friday 13th, 2029. It will touch our atmosphere, and we will be able to see it wiz overhead. There is a debated chance of it impacting Earth when it returns in 2036.
epjwE TIL The Netherlands (41,865 km²/12,900 sq mi; pop 17,9 mil) is the third-largest exporter of agricultural goods in the world (after the US and Brazil and before China)
Y7WJP TIL Smell-O-Vision was an early attempt to bring the sense of smell into cinema, with the goal of enhancing the movie-going experience by releasing specific scents at certain points in a film.
4MBJ TIL The Finnish military once repulsed a massive invasion by the Soviet Union, with a million men and thousands of tanks. The Finnish had just a few dozen tanks and only 114 airplanes, but destroyed more than 3,500 of the Russian tanks, and caused 323,000 total casualties to the Russian force.
dow8 TIL that the popularity of the SNES caught the attention of the Yakuza, prompting Nintendo to ship the consoles at night to prevent theft.