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TIL former Weezer member Mikey Welsh correctly predicted the time, place and cause of his own death

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6EKWX TIL at one of Trumps golf courses, there’s a plaque commemorating a civil war battle that never happened
78QnP TIL life expectancy in the US is at a 26 year low due to COVID-19 and other factors. The decline in life expectancy since 2019 is one of the steepest in recorded history.
awWyo TIL Pink Floyd did a full concert in the ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii and released the footage as the movie Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.
N7nvM TIL According to Charmin makers Procter & Gamble, a 1978 survey found that Mr. Whipple was the third best-known American, behind former President Richard Nixon and evangelist Billy Graham. (And ahead of then-president Jimmy Carter.)
N40N TIL that one proposal to get rid of Castro was to spread rumours that he was the Antichrist, then fake the second coming; a US submarine would project an image of Jesus on some clouds near Havana while firing star-shells. A loudspeaker would be the voice of Jesus, urging them to renounce communism.