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TIL Pierce Brosnan lost both his wife and adopted daughter to ovarian cancer.

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oBZkA TIL in 2013, a man had a stroke that made him lose the ability to feel sad.
wQLM TIL a music producer successfully pranked Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles to record the song Eternal Flame naked after convincing her that Olivia Newton-John recorded all her songs naked.
a809A TIL that ww2 veteran, Matt Urban, a Medal of Honor and 7x Purple Heart recipient. Died from complications brought on by war wounds in 1995, 49 years after being medically discharged from the army
XJp8 TIL there is a condition known as Smoking Stool Syndrome, resulting from severe Phosphorus poisoning, known for making people’s defecate give off smoke as though burning.
5VLbn TIL the last mail stage robbery in the Old West occurred near Jarbidge, Nevada, in 1916. During this incident, mail carrier Fred Searcy was killed, and $4,000 was stolen—a sum that was never recovered. Ben Kuhl was caught and was the first person convicted of murder based on palm print evidence.