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TIL pneumonia has been called “the old man’s friend” because of its tendency to quickly kill off those close to death, ending their suffering.

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vPe5x TIL Mark Twain was born on the day when Halley’s Comet flew by Earth. He said “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” Halley’s Comet next appeared on April 21, 1910 - which is the day Mark Twain died.
V8PG TIL the Fiddle and the Violin are the exact same instrument. The difference is the type of music you play with one or the other.
Oov4 TIL Tommy Boy is a rendition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Tommy is the Prince, his father dies, his mother (Bo Derek) is Gertrude, in reality married to his “step brother” (Rob Lowe) who is Claudius. David Spade’s character is Horatio.
0wd7v TIL that bushido (the samurai code of conduct) is a modern construct, invented by a Christian Japanese in an English publication
5wO9 TIL the Canadian province of Alberta is one of the few places in the world considered to be rat free.