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TIL at a memorial service for Asimov Kurt Vonnegut said about the famous atheist: “Isaac is up in Heaven now.” because “That was the funniest thing I could have said to an audience of humanists.” He got roaring laughter.

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OoLQX TIL that despite popular anecdotes it is highly unlikely that Mozart and Beethoven ever met.
VMeaZ TIL Sacha Baron Cohen carried a bulletproof clipboard when he filmed one segment of Who is America, out of fear that the participants would shoot him.
MLW TIL that despite popular belief, violence now is much lower than previous decades/centuries.
LQAeV TIL Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born before Jesus Christ. He was born circa 6th–4th century B.C. ("Before Christ") in Lumbini province, Nepal.