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TIL a broken heart can actually kill you - Takotsubo cardiomyopathy aka Broken Heart Syndrome

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9YG9G TIL that the river Thames in England is 47 million years older than the Amazon
5Vg7R TIL Serial killer Ed Kemper practiced behavior modification on his cellmate in prison
MeJ4A TIL That Steven Spielberg's father Arnold Spielberg, who is still alive at 103, created the first computer-controlled "point of sale" cash register
pdZG TIL Indians are the world’s biggest bookworms, reading on average 10.7 hours a week, twice as long as Americans, according to a new survey.
N17E TIL: “Bliss”, the the default computer wallpaper of Microsoft’s Windows XP, was taken by former NatGeo photographer, Charles O'Rear while he was on his way to his girlfriend in 1996.