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TIL actor Daniel von Bargen, who was known for his roles as Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld, Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle, and Chief Grady in Super Troopers shot himself in the temple in 2012 in an apparent suicide attempt

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x6LKo TIL the farthest spot from any McDonald's in the Contiguous USA used to be in a remote area of North Dakota, which was 107 miles from the closest McDonald's. In 2014 the record was broken.
x6Mmg TIL Craig Mazin is now known for co-creating dramas like "The Last of Us" and "Chernobyl" and comedies like "Scary Movie 4", but he also wrote for "Dune: Part Two" and "Wicked", only being credited after the WGA revised their policy.
ANKmB TIL that Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire were responsible for the deaths of about 10% of the global population in the 13th century.
kJYX5 TIL Canon, written in the 17th Century by Johann Pachelbel, is well-known music often played at weddings and Christmas. But it was forgotten after it was written and languished in obscurity for centuries. It wasn't published until 1919; wasn't recorded until 1940; was virtually unknown until 1968.
epmLL TIL on July 20 1322, a woman named Clemencia Pentyn raised an alarm when she saw that her husband, John, was preparing to hang himself. A group of neighbours came to his rescue, which escalated to an altercation. The suicidal man survived, but ended up murdering one of his rescuers during the brawl