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TIL Gene Wilder died at home while listening to one of his favorite songs - “Over the Rainbow” sung by Ella Fitzgerald.

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M7MLb TIL Richard Stallman who represents and speaks for open source software, such as software components of Android phones, has visited China and is a critic of spy programs.
Brnae TIL after Buddy Holly died at 22, he left enough music recorded that his record label could release new material from him for the next 10 years.
6E1m7 TIL that on 17th May 1972, 10,000 London school kids went on strike to march against caning, detention, uniforms and ‘headmaster dictatorships’. Abandoning lessons to march on County Hall, the government thought it so serious MI5 and the Special Branch were involved to spy on 'school activists.
ggLy TIL that Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, of TLC, was in a car accident that killed a young boy, Bayron Lopez. She mourned the boy and felt that death “made a mistake” due to their similar last names and it was her that was supposed to die. Two weeks later she died in another car accident.
QJpY6 TIL that Europeans in the 17th century once thought they could heal themselves by consuming human corpses. The remains were considered medicinal because they were believed to contain the spirit of the body they were taken from. Bone powder, human fat, and fresh, warm blood were in high demand.