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TIL that people can actually die of a broken heart and the medical term is Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken-heart syndrome)

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W0xd TIL that the Six Flags in New Orleans has been untouched since it was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. The rides and games have been rotting away since.
r5lx TIL Gin descends from a juniper liquor first distilled in Belgium or Holland. During the Thirty Years’ War, England’s army saw Dutch soldiers fortifying themselves for battle by drinking genever. They brought this so-called “Dutch courage” back home.
8aj6K TIL: A park bench in Bristol was given an official postal address so doctors could register the homeless as patients
W7xmY TIL the word “bidet” is French for “pony”, referring to how low one squats over the fixture
VGom TIL That John Ratzenburger has been in every Pixar movie ever made.