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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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16MP TIL Americans can find out if the government is holding money for them from wills, trusts, banks, lawsuits, taxes and so on. I learned this as my buddy found out his grandmother left him $65,000.00 in her will. He’s having a good night.
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