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TIL Michael Jackson could play the drums

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BgJ7L TIL that the volcanic destruction of Pompeii didn't kill everyone; archeologists now believe most of the population survived, based on the lack of carts, horses, ships and valuables in the ruins; they've also found later inscriptions with Pompeiian family names in nearby cities
Me1b TIL that the Basque language is so ancient that their word for axe, aizkora, literally means stone (held) high, or stone on top.
LQVZr TIL the only confirmed case of poisoned Halloween candy was in 1974 when Ronald O'Bryan murdered his son Timothy by giving him pixie sticks laced with cyanide to collect insurance money
awxmo TIL Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand were friends who attended the same high school in Brooklyn where they were both members of the Freshman Chorus and Choral Club
nW87o TIL that Fallout began life as an official adaptation of the GURPS table-top RPG system. They fell out over the amount of violence in the game, and GURPS' publisher withdrew the license, but it remained a huge influence on the skill system.