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TIL that since March 2011 over 125 Tibetans have set themselves on fire, blamed on the “cultural genocide” inflicted by the Chinese

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xrvo TIL when James Brady (the man paralyzed by a gunshot wound from the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt) died in 2014, it was ruled a homicide 33 years after the incident.
8e8VV TIL On June 12, 1970,"Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis did something that, by all rights, should be completely impossible: He went and threw a no-hitter despite being high as a kite on lysergic acid diethylamide, otherwise known as acid."
LjBr TIL Lightning can reach temperatures 5 times hotter than the sun
bNV4 TIL William Shakespeare died within a month of signing his will, which begins by claiming himself to be in perfect health. No contemporary source explains how or why he died, though half a century later it was claimed he died of fever after “drinking too hard.”
m1EMx TIL that 1965, the FBI began an investigation to determine whether the lyrics of the popular song "Louie Louie" were obscene. After 31 months of research, they concluded that the lyrics could not be considered obscene because nobody could understand them.