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TIL about Fan Death

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jjjX TIL all Jack Nicholson had to say about Heath Ledger’s death was “I warned him.” Pertaining to the role of The Joker.
Z8KgB TIL Wayne and Brent Gretzky hold the NHL record for most combined points by two brothers: 2,857 for Wayne and 4 for Brent.
b9A97 TIL: Mansa Musa was an African Muslim king, whose 4,000-mile trip to Mecca accompanied by a caravan of 60,000 people and thousands of servants. Historians believe that he is the richest man in the worlds history - with an inflation-adjusted fortune, his wealth amounts to around $400 billion today.
JYpEV TIL that Misophonia is a disorder that triggers irrational responses to oral sounds (eat, chew, breathe etc.) like anxiety, anger or the need to flee.
16XQW TIL that the slingshot (catapult in the UK) was only invented in the mid-1800s, as it relies on strong elastic materials that didn’t exist before that time.