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TIL that the movie ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ was so funny that an audience member died from laughter

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WOMX TIL in 1985, Ryan White was refused re-entry to his school due to him having AIDS. 117 Parents and 50 teachers petitioned for his ban. People even cancelled their subscriptions as White was the paperboy and they believed they would be infected via newsprint.
JY518 TIL that a pilot and copilot of a flight are adviced not to eat the same meals in case one causes food poisoning.
pAW8 TIL a man in France impersonated a government official, and managed to sell the Eiffel Tower not once, but twice.
R75gQ TIL that Biggie Smalls had to change his stage name to Notorious B.I.G. because of a lawsuit filed by the Calvin Lockhart - the actor that used the name, Biggie Smalls, in the 1975 film 'Let's Do It Again'.
e0weJ TIL that Washington state sends it's most dangerous sex offenders to an island in the Puget Sound accessible only by a restricted state run ferry.