Post * eD0n — Curious Curator

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TIL that David Spade did not attend Chris Farley’s funeral because he “could not be in a room where Chris was in a box.”

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AD76w TIL dying of laughter is an actual cause of death. The last notable case was when a man of died of laughter because his pulse hit an estimated 250-500 bpm while watching 'A Fish Called Wanda'.

xVZrb TIL, there is a tiny island in Japan overflowing with friendly bunnies

8eAJa TIL a banana is a berry

m1dmp TIL that the idea of Napoleon losing all his troops to the "Russian Winter" is a misconception. He actually lost the majority to the "Russian Summer", due to disease, starvation, heat exhaustion, desertion, and suicide. He launched his invasion in June and within two months had lost half of his men.

1avy4 TIL That the most complicated IED ever seen by the FBI was planted by a disgruntled former Luftwaffe pilot and Gulag prisoner after he lost all his money gambling in a casino. The FBI failed in defusing the bomb and the casino where it was planted was destroyed.