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TIL legendary Peanuts comic strip creator Charles Schultz died the day before his last original Peanuts strip was published

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8aVkb TIL alchemists considered Mercury as a magical substance that a Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang took it as the elixir of immorality which resulted in him dying at the age of 49 and even he was buried in an underground mausoleum full of mercury thinking it's going to help him rule in the afterlife
NLLb TIL On April 18, 1930, the BBC announced, “There is no news today,” and played piano music instead.
D1ZrJ TIL that Zero Freitas has the largest collection of vinyl records in the world, over six million. Stored in boxes in a 25,000-square-foot former factory in São Paulo, at an average of 40 minutes per record, listening 10 hours per day, it would take over 1,095 years to hear each track.
XEPbj TIL that manatees use their farts to swim
wLMBE TIL With the catchphrase opening "Good evening, I'm Chevy Chase and you're not," and a bumbling impersonation of President Gerald Ford, Chase quickly assumed breakout status, earning Emmys for both his writing and acting in the 1970s