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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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W7LJX TIL, Jupiter's upper atmosphere is much hotter (~425°C/800°F) than originally predicted and much hotter at the poles than the equator. Jupiter's magnetic field creates enormous auroras at the poles that heat up the rest of the planet.
PYJ4L TIL that David Hayter the English voice actor for Solid Snake of the Metal Gear franchise was also a screenwriter for the first two X-Men movies
KYOy9 TIL there is baseball for the blind, called "Beep Baseball" where the baseballs beep and the bases buzz so the blind players can find them.
R7XY7 TIL that Lord Krishna (Hinduism) changed himself to his feminine form Mohini and slept with Aravan who sacrificed himself in the war and granted three wishes. It is from Aravan’s lineage after his association with Krishna’s female form that the transgenders are said to have been born.
Eg0Q0 TIL in 2011, a man died as a result of inserting his penis in a bottle. Apparently, this was the first case of death related to penile strangulation ever recorded.