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TIL that Jean Baptiste Lully, a famous composer, died from gangrene after striking his own foot with a conducting staff

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pVWb TIL On 9.11.2001, 91 fire trucks and FDNY vehicles were destroyed, and approximately 130 more were damaged. Thanks to “superhuman feats” from the fleet services staff, all companies (except two) were back in service using reserve, spare, and equipment that was repaired within 1 week of 9/11.
9YnMM TIL Michael Jackson wanted to play the part of Professor X in the X-Men franchise.
JvGj TIL that in 2002, a 15 year old boy inspired by 9/11, stole an airplane and flew it into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It damaged one office room and he was the only person that died.
0d6Kv TIL of Roald Amundsen. The first person to reach the North and South poles.
7rp0Z TIL Chuck E. Cheese has a pretty depressing origin story: he grew up an orphan not knowing his own birthday hence why he celebrates everyone else’s birthday all the time