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TIL the main singer/songwriter from Eels is the son of the physicist who originated the "Many Worlds" interpretation of quantum theory

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e0pKn TIL that in the UNESCO's list of world's most translated authors, aka Index Translationum, Vladimir Ilyic Lenin is in the 7th place leaving behind Karl Marx, who is in the 31st place.
NXepE TIL that Alistair Cooke, the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992, had his bones stolen and sold on the black market for use in bone grafts. The cancer from which he died had spread to his bones, making them unsuitable for grafts.
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