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TIL Sir Issac Newton suffered a breakdown which included sending wild accusatory letters to John Locke that he: "endeavoured to embroil me with woemen"

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Z8MWB TIL that as comedian Sam Kinison lay dying from injuries sustained from a drunk driver he began saying, to no one in particular, "I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die." He paused as if listening, then said,"But why?" He paused once more, saying, "Okay, okay, okay," and peacefully passing away.
wPLo TIL that by removing the amygdala from the brain, a person stops feeling fear.
XEvgP TIL that Phil Collins performed at Live Aid on both sides of the Atlantic, at London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's JFK Stadium