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TIL Insects Are More Closely Related to Lobsters and Crabs Than They Are to Centipedes and Millipedes

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wLPZ6 TIL that singer Marvin Gaye was fatally shot the day before his birthday, by his own father (a Christian minister), by a gun that Marvin had gifted to him. Marvin was suicidal and physically hit his father because it was established that his father would kill any of his children who might do so.
jNZmN TIL when pirate Jean Lafitte learned that a $500 bounty had been placed on his head by the Governor of Louisiana, he responded by placing a $5000 bounty on the Governor's head.
vPa4j TIL during WWII fighter pilot James Jabara engaged a German aircraft, they collided in mid-air, and when both pilots safely floated to the ground, they met and shook hands.
bg09 TIL: Most dinosaur bones, that have been discovered,are radioactive and are painted in lead paint to minimize exposure for tourists.
neRGG TIL Middle aged men with resting heart rates of 80 beats or higher per minute are likely to die four to five years earlier than men with resting heart rates of 65 beats per minute or less.