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TIL octopuses kill themselves after laying eggs and its related to self injurious behavior in humans

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xVEdk TIL that when George Washington died, Napoleon Bonaparte of France gave a personal eulogy and ordered a ten day mourning period for France.
xVOZ0 TIL Michael Jordan wore two different sized shoes. Size 13 on the left and 13.5 on the right.
E5jV TIL of Eagle Stadium, a $60 million high school football stadium in Allen TX. The project was highly controversial, considering that the money could have paid 120 teacher salaries for a decade.
78YaM TIL About "Marriage by Proxy" where couples can be married in some US states with only one of them physically present and the other represented by a stand-in. One state, Montana, a "double proxy" is possible where neither party is present at the wedding.
YpgXZ TIL that in 1987 when David Bowie performed “Heroes” near the Reichstag in West Berlin, a massive crowd gathered on the eastern side to hear him perform from over the wall. The performance is considered to be a catalyst to the fall of the Berlin Wall.