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TIL Ringo Starr and John Lennon tried to move to Texas as teenagers

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bDx7 TIL Valerius Maximus wrote that Aeschylus, the Athenian author of tragedies, was killed by a tortoise dropped by an eagle. Pliny, in his Naturalis Historiæ, added that Aeschylus had been staying outdoors to avert a prophecy that he would be killed by a falling object.
dDpK9 TIL John Paul I was Pope for just 33 days prior to his death and is the most recent Italian born pope
Oo1ge TIL Mushrooms are the only non-animal food with Vitamin D and their vitamin D levels can be increased by placing them in the sun, just like humans
4Xve6 TIL due to a shortage of space, burials in cemeteries are limited in Singapore to a maximum of 15 years, after which the deceased must be dug up and cremated.
RLW6 TIL the British scrapped a plausible plan to assassinate Hitler because they believed he was doing more harm than good for the Nazi war effort.