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TIL the format of the Lincoln–Douglas debates. One candidate spoke for 60 minutes. Then the other candidate spoke for 90 minutes. Then the first candidate was allowed a 30-minute reply.

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awZOZ TIL that composer Johann Schobert (NOT Schubert) died from eating poisonous mushrooms, after two people told him not to eat them. A doctor friend insisted that they were edible. Schobert, the doctor, his wife, and all but one of his children ate the resulting mushroom soup and died.
9wQWX TIL of Finnish man Lauri Allan Törni (born 1919) who fought in WW2 as both a Finnish and German soldier, and in the Vietnam War as a US Special Forces soldier. He was killed in a helicopter crash in 1965.
lomOr TIL after baseball player Oscar Taveras died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic, Kansas City Royals player Yordano Ventura honored him with several tributes written on his uniform during Game 6 of the 2014 World Series. 2 years later, Ventura died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic.
YpNv TIL that there was a suite built for Walt Disney in the Cinderella Castle, but wasn’t finished before his death. A stay in this extravagant suite is now offered as a prize for Disney related contests.
ykW8 TIL: Johnny Depp never travels without his Captain Jack Sparrow costume as he often surprises kids in the hospital by showing up as Captain Jack Sparrow. Said visits usually turn into two to three hour improv sessions which Depp finds “really fun”