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TIL that King Martin of Aragon died from uncontrollable laughter after his favorite jester told him a joke to cheer him up

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x6kNg TIL The barrels of guns are so called because they were literally constructed like wooden barrels with hoops and staves, as can be seen in this blown out section of Mons Meg from 1449.
4J1w TIL that Red Rain fell in Kerala India and when examined it contained red cells from an unknown origin.
xVg9b TIL that while filming There Will Be Blood, the director Paul Thomas Anderson tested the pyrotechnical effects of an oil fire, causing an enormous amount of smoke to intrude on the nearby set of No Country For Old Men, filming of No Country For Old men had to be delayed for a day because of this.
BrxxW TIL that in 2017 someone (the Ukrainian authorities blame Russia) used a drone carrying a thermite grenade to blow up an ammunition dump, setting off a billion dollars worth of explosives.
EgOyX TIL the label who signed Casiopea (famous jazz fusion band) also signed The Stalin (famous punk rock band). Always though Alfa Records was only City Pop for some reason.