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TIL of the very mysterious death of Edgar Allen Poe

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dvVZ TIL that roosters are genetically programmed to crow every morning just before dawn. When secluded in a dimly lit room they still crow just before dawn.
lQe7 TIL the Playboy Mansion’s Hot Tub once spawned a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak.
jNAX TIL that the top tax rate in the US, while at 35% now, used to be above 90% in the 1950s and ‘60s.
7rvNZ TIL Elvis Costello is banned from appearing on SNL after refusing to play “Less Than Zero” at Lorne Michaels’ request. He saw it pointless to play a song about UK politics over here. He played a few bars, then kicked into “Radio, Radio,” which was a criticism of corporate-controlled broadcasting.
R7pm6 TIL the murder rate in the capital of Venezuela is so high that each year 0.1% of the population is murdered