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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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6l58 TIL: The launch of a Saturn V rocket is so loud, producing about 220 dB, that grass upwards of a mile away ignites by the sound alone.
byPj TIL Adolf Frederick, former King of Sweden, died after eating a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is remembered as “the king who ate himself to death.”
lDjB TIL of Terry Grosz, a Fish and Game warden, who swam a mile down a river in the dark in order to be reeled in by illegal fishers. After writing citations and confiscating their fishing rods, he swam back into the river.
OGkg7 TIL a poor Mark Twain sold a man a lost dog for $3, then later helped the original owner find the dog for the same amount
XQ66 TIL That Seann William Scott’s mother likes to go into Best Buy and ask “Do you have American Pie? I’m Stifler’s mom”.