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TIL Casper the Friendly Ghost died of Pneumonia after playing out in the cold until it was past nightfall.

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KOgka TIL about Richard Handl, a Swedish man arrested for trying to split atoms of uranium on his kitchen stove. On July 22nd, 2011, he was detained by police after he personally called the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) to inquire whether his project was legal or not.
Lk9Ep TIL that George Gershwin was in psychoanalytic therapy for several years for “aberrant” behavior, olfactory hallucinations, loss of coordination while eating, and severe headaches, and it wasn’t until he died that they figured out he had a brain tumor.
pY76b TIL a woman can become pregnant with a cancer rather than an embryo.
5Vejk TIL how Jeffrey Dahmer would torment guards in prison and threaten to cannibalize them
EZ6x TIL that a Facebook poll in 2012 indicated that Beaker is the favorite Muppets character, beating Kermit, Miss Piggy and Animal.