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TIL That after Weird Al Yankovic’s parents died while he was in the middle of a tour. He didn’t cancel the tour, saying “I’ve heard from so many people over the years that my music has cheered them up in times of tragedy… well, I thought maybe my music would help me too.”

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P15an TIL twenty six people have died from chiropractic spinal manipulation.
5YegR TIL that there are completely Black Chickens that have black plumage, black legs and nails, black beak and tongue, black comb and wattles, black meat and bones and even dark organs.
8aamX TIL the author of Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown) died at 42 while showing a doctor how healthy she was feeling. She kicked up her leg, dislodging a blood clot which then travelled to her heart and killed her.
o5QY TIL O'Hare airport is named after an American fighter pilot who was the lone defender during a attack on his carrier, then was killed leading the first night defense against a Kamikaze attack. Two years earlier, his own father was murdered for being the only man willing to testify against Al Capone.
QNWEe TIL Studies have found that the amount of plastics that humans inhale or ingest results in a credit cards’ equivalent of microplastics in the bloodstream.