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TIL ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are on its way there

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R5lw1 TIL that John Lennon was not the only Beatle to suffer a violent attack. George Harrison was attacked by a mentally disturbed man at his house in 1999, suffering 40 stab wounds. He was saved when his wife incapacitated the attacker by striking him repeatedly with a fireplace poker.
Bgn7x TIL Slovakia's Constitutional Court Once Ruled That Referendums Have Equal Power to Parliament, Then Immediately Used That Logic to Ban a Referendum
6EjpQ TIL there's an annual competition in Cumbria, England for the title of "World's Biggest Liar." Only one woman has won in the history of the contest and politicians are not allowed to enter.
9YMBM TIL In some Asian cultures such as Korean and Japanese cultures, the practice of responding to another person's sneeze does not exist.
rNDOw TIL that the Hungarian people only moved into modern-day Hungary in the late 800s and early 900s, having come from the area of the Black and Caspian Seas and taking over land that was previously contested between various regional powers.