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TIL more US presidents have died on July 4 than any other day.

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wLxVY TIL that Kirsty MacColl, successful British singer / songwriter and daughter of the composer of "Dirty Old Town", died when she was diving in Mexico, pushing her 15 year old son out of the way of a speeding powerboat that ran her over.
b6WyN TIL, in 1995, Brazil accidentally greeted the visiting german chancellor, Roman Herzog, with the anthem of east germany, 5 years after the reunification of germany
D1JDj TIL why people don't scream and flail around when they close to drowning; their bodies do not have the air needed to perform actions such as waving around or screaming for help to seek attention, so the body attempts to prolong your survival in a few ways completely subconsciously.
6Evvl TIL the guy who invented Vaseline used to go city to city dipping his hand in acid and burning it, showing previous wounds that had healed using his product
8eeJX TIL a cure for earworms (having a song stuck in your head) is to listen to Karma Chameleon or God Save the Queen