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TIL That over HALF of dead rappers were murdered

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8a5G4 TIL Enlightenment skeptic philosopher David Hume's deathbed became a matter of public interest - to see if he was afraid or would recant. Multiple accounts confirm he was cheerful and did not recant.
gYBL TIL: No other species, including our own, is responsible for the loss of as many human lives each year as mosquitoes
AN9E7 TIL that during World War 2, a Great Dane named Juliana won the blue cross medal twice. The first time she was awarded with it was due to her disarming an incendiary bomb by urinating on it.
VM9dD TIL George A. Romero, legendary horror director of Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, got his start directing short films for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
R7Qxw TIL That the camera company Kodak created the world's first digital camera in 1975 but chose not to produce any digital products for FIFTEEN YEARS, because they were worried that it might eat into their sales of analog film. By that point the market was crowded and they never recovered.