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TIL that people have actually died from laughter

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jNVEX TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio is named after the artist Leonardo da Vinci, as his pregnant mother was standing in front of a da Vinci painting the first time she felt him kick.
dm8K TIL that President Obamas Secret Service codename is Renegade
Y7x1P TIL that bees and beetles have a more 'highly evolved' method of flight than other flying insects and animals. They use a single nerve signal to turn on/off a "flight engine" that beats their wings, while other insects & animals must consciously beat their wings.
KpvJ TIL in 2009, Miller High Life bought one second of commercial time for the Super Bowl and saw sales go up 8.6%
Q49M TIL that the guards of the Tomb of the Unknowns do not wear rank insignia so that they do not outrank the soldiers buried in the tomb, whatever their ranks may have been.