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TIL 9 people have died of laughter

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Jl9m TIL that Paul McCartney elected not to tell his wife Linda, as her cancer progressed, that she was dying, thinking that doing so wouldn’t do any good; she continued riding her horse until the day before her death.
j616n TIL that relics (remains) of St. Valentine can be found throughout Europe. His alleged skull is exhibited in Italy, while Ireland, Spain, the UK, Greece, the Czech Republic and Poland are among the countries said to be home to some of his other remains.
8ePWV TIL some states are split into multiple timezones
epZbn TIL that the United States government once filed a lawsuit against a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster, because they did not believe that it had the right to be a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster. The Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster won the case!
R519 TIL in Japan, it is so common for people to die alone undiscovered for long periods, that they have a term for it, “Kodokushi”. “Their bodies lie in places undiscovered for long periods of time, and because of this, thick, dark stains shaped like a human body are left where their bodies once lay.”