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TIL that a man died of suffocation in his sleep because of a blocked nose

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VMgMB TIL that the Porgs in Star Wars: The Last Jedi only exist to cover up the puffins native to Skellig Michael (Luke's Island) as they couldn't be removed by law.
x6rkD TIL Marie Curie's notebook from 1899–1902, containing notes from experiments on radioactive substances, is still radioactive and will be for 1,500 years.
OmJ7 TIL Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings due to “family obligations.” Thank you, Nicolas Cage.
GAeWg TIL about the Great British Dog and Cat Massacre of 1939. In which Londoners, to prepare for war with Nazi Germany, voluntarily killed over 400,000 of their home pets in a one month period so as to ease the strain on resources.
YpXmv TIL Anthony Daniels (the actor who plays C3PO) is the 11th highest grossing actor of all time-- because he's been in every Star Wars movie