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TIL Showcasing his knack for self deprecating humour, Machiavelli towards the end of his life would sign as "N.Machiavelli, historian, comedian and tragic". The word "tragic" being a double entendre(author of tragedy/a person with a tragic life)

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6ExYl TIL Danny DeVito directed AND acted in 'Matilda', took care of Mara Wilson(who played Matilda) AND her mother AND managed to snag and advance copy of the movie for her(the mother) to watch before she succumbed.
9MZX TIL in 2012 there more deaths in active military due to suicide than war death
jlRN TIL A sold-out 727 jet would have to crash every day of the week, with no survivors, to equal the highway deaths per year in this country
WjpB TIL that one of Charlie Chaplin’s daughter’s, Geraldine Chaplin, played Charlie Chaplin’s mother in the Robert Downey Jour movie “Chaplin”
grXoX TIL that there is a German man named Marc Wubbenhorst who must drink 20 liters of water every day in order to not die from dehydration. He suffers an extreme case of diabetes insipidus.