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TIL Spike Milligan, member of comedy team The Goons, joked after fellow member Harry Secombe sang at Peter Sellers' funeral, "I hope you die before me because I don't want you singing at my funeral." 22 years later, at Milligan's memorial, Secombe's son played a recording of his late father singing.

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yQpRJ TIL that a Christian sect called "Millerites" believed that Christ would return by Oct. 22, 1844. When that didn't happen, the "Great Disappointment" caused them to fall into confusion and disband, with some former Millerites reinterpreting their doctrine and forming the Seventh Day Adventists.
n1x9 TIL: A Robot keeps escaping because of its ‘love for freedom’ even after undergoing extensive reprogramming to avoid the issue. They might not have any other option but to shut it down
6pY7 TIL the metal band of a Mason Jar is suppose to be removed for storage to prevent residual water between the jar threads and the lid from rusting the band. If the jar seal is properly formed, internal vacuum will keep the lid tightly on the jar.
x8eg TIL that Russia signed a treaty banning bio-weapons, but ignored the treaty and continued developing them - even building ICBMs that could be loaded with weaponized smallpox, anthrax, typhus & rabies. After the fall of the USSR, they lost most of the bioweapons. Their locations remain unknown.
NXdgb TIL that in 546 BCE Argos and Sparta had an all-star "Battle of the 300 Champions," where both sides picked their best hoplites and agreed to fight to the death. The two surviving Argives thought they'd won and left, leaving behind a single injured Spartan on the field. He also claimed victory.