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TIL: Robin Williams autopsy revealed he had about 40% loss of dopamine neurons and almost no neurons were free of Lewy bodies throughout his entire brain and brainstem from Lewy body disease (LBD)

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M7b1W TIL that John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Reagan in 1981, bought his .22 Rohm RG-14 revolver from a pawn shop on Elm Street in Dallas, Texas, the exact same street President John F. Kennedy was assassinated at in 1963.
PQPJ TIL that Elon Musk’s motivation to build SpaceX was so he can die on Mars
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