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TIL the plans for Winston Churchill's state funeral had to be revised several times because Churchill outlived several intended pallbearers.

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rR69M TIL about mental health: after 83,000 brain scans, Dr. Daniel Amen says the most important lesson learned is that many people have problems with their brain, but a lot of them can be easily fixed if scanned and treated, rather than blindly prescribing intense medication
wAXP TIL the US has similar income inequality to Russia and China
Br9PW TIL Buddy Holly proposed to his wife on their first date (her first date ever), and married 2 months later. 6 months later he died in a plane crash which she heard about on TV, and suffered a miscarriage. Due to this, the policy on when publicly releasing the name of the deceased was changed.
wLE17 TIL that the owner of Segway Inc. died in 2010 when he rode a segway off a cliff and plummeted 80 feet to his death
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