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TIL that John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men was originally titled “Something That Happened”

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LLZ0 TIL that Nelson Rockefeller, once vice President of the United States, died at age 79. of a heart attack rumoured to be caused during sex with his assistant. The New York Magazine quipped: “Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going”
LQlkQ TIL famous baseball player Arthur Irwin committed suicide by jumping off a ship in 1921. When he died, two widows emerged. He had been living a double life and was married two different women in different cities.
0wg0p TIL African Wild Dogs vote on whether not to go on a hunt by sneezing. If a dominant pair sneezes first, then on average 2 additional sneezes will mean a hunt occurs. If a non dominant dogs sneeze first, then it typically takes 10 additional sneezes to sway the group to hunt.
Ooxke TIL Iceland is the only country in the world without mosquitoes.
b9oda TIL of Alexis von Roenne, one of Hitler's most trusted intelligence analysts who secretly despised Hitler and knowingly gave him false information in order to assist the Allies. His actions are believed to have saved thousands of Allied lives.