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TIL that Chris Farley completed most of his recordings for Shrek, and some of that audio was released.

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e07o5 TIL that the philosopher Kurt Gödel starved to death whilst his wife was in hospital because he had an obsessive fear of being poisoned and would only eat food that she cooked
b9rkQ TIL Jujube candies, a theater favorite, were invented in the early 18th century (1709 AD) - and are named after the date like Jujube fruit.
xVAXb TIL up until 1857, the Mexican Peso was legal tender in the United States.
N7mWJ TIL Charlotte Whitton was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Canadian social policy pioneer, leader and commentator, as well as a journalist and writer.
xV8XD TIL A helicopter pilot flew to 40820 feet, setting a world record for the highest altitude reached by a helicopter. However, when he started to descend, the engine failed, but he safely landed the helicopter with absolutely no power - a world record for the highest unpowered descent by a helicopter.