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TIL of the letter Leonard Cohen wrote to his love and muse, Marianne Ilhen on her deathbed. This is how a poet says goodbye

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waRW TIL Afrika Bambaataa (considered to be one of the founding fathers of hip hop) has been accused by multiple people of sexual molestation dating back to the 1970s.
MeJPV TIL In the early 70s the US Fish and Wildlife Service established the National Eagle Repository as a hub to receive and then redistribute eagle parts found dead around the US to Native Americans and Alaskan Natives for religious purposes.
9wgOB TIL King Eric XIV of Sweden was declared insane and imprisoned by his brother. After 8 years in captivity, he died in 1577—likely poisoned by a bowl of arsenic-laced pea soup.
xrDb TIL that in 1953, Coca Cola attempted to persuade the US Treasury to mint a 7.5 cent coin; a can of Coke had been a nickel since 1886 and needed to be raised due to inflation, but they felt a dime was too much.
R5bd4 TIL an RHS test building covered in ivy stayed 7.2C cooler then non covered buildings. The leave structure also kept the walls dry, lowering humidity and protecting it from corrosion