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TIL about Hurshid Pasha an Ottoman general who, after being informed of plans by his opponents to kill him, ordered the construction of a tomb and arranged for an elaborate funeral with all authorities present which he then committed suicide in front of.

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JYBKB TIL of the punk band Death. Originally a funk group, the three African American brothers moved to rock when they heard The Who. Their album “for the whole world to see” recorded in 1974, predates punk music that became popular later that decade, making them one of the first punk bands in the world.
g4Pb TIL: On his second day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned all evaders of the Vietnam War drafts.
ZpZVv TIL: Morgan Freeman has suffered with paralysis in his left hand since he was left seriously injured in 2008 after his car flipped multiple times
7rXrp TIL that Mr. Potato Head started out as only plastic body parts intended to stick into real vegetables, and that the iconic plastic potato was only introduced after parents complained about kids playing with rotting vegetables
4X8dX TIL the name “California” comes from a 16th-century romance novel popular among the Spanish explorers who “discovered” the west coast.