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TIL 9 people have died of laughter

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699Am TIL Sid Vicious (the wrestler) took his stage name from Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols) who was given his nickname from a hamster who was named after Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) who took his name from Sid Barrett (jazz musician)
YJrW TIL Charles Drew, founder of the blood bank and pioneer of successful blood transfusions died after a failed blood transfusion.
wo0gJ TIL that when Winona Ryder was offered the role of Joyce Byers, she agreed on the condition that she would be allowed time off to film a sequel to Beetlejuice if it began filming while Stranger Things was still in production.
pYPap TIL that the painter Caravaggio's real name was Michelangelo.
wLg7P TIL that Blas de Lezo, a Spanish admiral, defeated an English fleet of almost 20,000 men and 180 ships with only 2000 men and 6 ships.