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TIL the Greek philosopher Chrysippus died from laughing at his joke that nobody else laughed at

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X0aoD TIL that moths rest with their wings open/flat, while butterflies tend to rest with their wings closed/raised.
grxYD TIL about the Bascom affair, in which the Apache took 6 American settlers hostage and eventually killed them. The incident lead to a decades long struggle known as the Apache Wars.
8aRob TIL that King of the Hill, despite having consistently great ratings even in its later seasons, was cancelled in order to make a spot for the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show
7rb7x TIL of Primate Cities, which are cities that are dominant in their country/subdivision in such a way that it is the centre of said country/subdivision (e.g. New York City in the state of New York)
x6P07 TIL what the FDIC does when a bank fails. I figure it is relevant again.