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TIL of 'Kodokushi' or lonely death : A Japanese phenomenon of people dying and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time.

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dDWvr TIL that George Carlin performed a 30 minute bit called, "I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die" on September 10, 2001.
wLZPP TIL Tom Scholz, founder of the band Boston, received bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT, and got a job at Polaroid. He used the money to make a studio in his basement, which he used to record 'Boston' by himself. The band was just for touring and vocals.
X00k6 TIL An Octopus in a lab would escape from it’s tank, climb into another to eat fish & then return to it’s own before the scientists came back and caught it. That’s how clever they are.
J174Q Today I learned that in the era of silent films, there was a popular actor named Harrison Ford who is unrelated to the Harrison Ford who played Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Both Harrison Fords have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Lj6Z TIL: An artist accidentally used £20,000 worth of rare comics to create a papier-mache sculpture for an art exhibition.