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TIL After being largely cut out of his father's will John Lennon's son from his first marriage, Julian Lennon, was forced to bid on sentimental postcards addressed to him by his late father. Yoko Ono auctioned them off for tens of thousands of dollars instead of giving them to Julian.

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dE9 TIL “Jesus” and “Joshua” are the same name in Greek. Jesus Christ means “Joshua the Annointed”
ZJE4 TIL that a mongrel Lampo hitch-hiked trains and was taking longer and longer train trips from which he always returned.
4kE65 TIL that in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the total number of deaths, including deaths from cancer due to radiation exposure, is 1.
4XjQ6 TIL about Diggerland USA. It's an amusement park that has multiple locations around the world and offers not only standard amusement park fare like rides and food, it also allows young people to actually operate heavy machinery like bull dozers, excavators, and more.
AKYg TIL there’s an empty 26-story skyscraper in Rhode Island with no tenants that has been appraised as having “no value.”