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TIL when Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash, his pregnant wife heard the news on television and suffered a miscarriage as a result. Since then, it became policy to notify family of tragedy before names became public.

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weLP TIL George Lucas once said, “People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians.”
Jvp1 TIL that in 1925, climbers from Colorado found out that there was a 140m gorge between the peak they hit and the summit they aimed for. It was named Disappointment Peak.
D1K6g TIL Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of Dexter (of Dexter's Laboratory), Gosalyn (Darkwing Duck), Chuckie (Rugrats) and Babe (the pig) died in her home of "undisclosed causes" and was cremated at the age of 51.
b6PE7 TIL that Cologne's was originally called Oppidum Ubiorum by the Romans and got it's current name from the later name 'Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium', named after the wife of Emperor Claudius since she was born there.
YpdlB TIL notorious murderer and craft enthusiast Ed Gein was fond of children, and frequently babysat his neighbors' kids