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TIL In the last 40 years only one US Vice President who never became president has died.

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Brd0y TIL Sergei Prokofiev died the same day as Stalin in 1953. Millions attended Stalin's funeral, but only 40 for Prokofiev's. A musical periodical noted his death on p. 116, with pages 1 to 115 devoted to Stalin. Flowers were so scarce in Moscow that Prokofiev's family used cuttings from house plants.
OG9ja TIL that uranus smells like farts. That is maybe because of the hydrogen sulfide.
VMJJp TIL that, when child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18 he found out all his money (around $68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued "No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns before he is 21 belongs to his parents."
Xapk TIL that before performing in Japan, the Beatles received an anonymous message: “Do not go to Tokyo. Your life is in danger”. 35,000 police officers were tasked to protect the group. The Japanese audience was so polite and quiet, they were able to hear how bad the live performance really was.
5VvBP TIL about the SS Sultana sinking, which killed over 1,100 people in the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history. It exploded on the Mississippi River in 1865 while carrying six times its legal passenger capacity.