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TIL that, as per his final request, the heart of Frédéric Chopin was removed and given to his sister who smuggled it into Poland and buried it at a local church.

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R7bGj TIL that Scottish fold cats are banned by the UK's pedigree cat registry because a genetic mutation that make their ears folded and their faces so cute also causes distortion of their limb bone shapes and severe painful arthritis.
nZ7d TIL that Andy Kaufman once ended a show at Carnegie Hall by loading the entire audience into 24 buses to take them out for milk and cookies.
vKeD TIL that the Netherlands are getting glow in the dark roads in a few months!
lodBV TIL in admiralty law, pirates are "hostis humani generis" (Latin for "enemy of mankind"), because they are viewed as waging a private war against all nations in a space (the sea) where cooperation should be the rule
jWdQ Til there was an anonymous campaign from different mysterious critics trying to attack and discredit the work of Dr. Heimlich (of the Heimlich manouver). It turns out that all the critics were the same person: his own son.