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TIL: Mavis Beacon is not a real person

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wopAo TIL that Murong Xi, emperor of the Later Yan dynasty of China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, had sexual intercourse with the corpse of his deceased wife.
8eyjK TIL Eddie Johns, whose song "More Spell on You" was sampled by Daft Punk in their song "One More Time" has received no royalties because the publishing company that owns the rights to the song has been unable to trace him since 1995. Johns is estimated to be owed six to seven figures in royalties.
R5eBw TIL about the Games of the Small States of Europe, a sporting event featuring Europe's smallest countries
NXvQ TIL Eric D. Wilkinson, the producer of “The Man from Earth”, thanked the users of BitTorrent for distributing the movie because this way it got way more popular than expected
x6oRw Today I learned the first vasectomy on record was performed on a dog in 1823.