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TIL Shakespeare likely died on his birthday, April 23.

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J0o8 TIL Martin Van Buren was the first U.S. President for whom English was a second language (He spoke Dutch). He was also the first President to be born in America, (as opposed to British Colonial soil)
pYA0Z TIL that the flap of skin under your elbow is called the wenis
xPl1 TIL: Scotsman weighing 207 kilograms (456 pounds), fasted for ONE YEAR and 17 days. He ate no food at all for over a year. He lived entirely off his copious body fat, in the end losing about 125 kilograms (275 pounds) of weight.
wMJo TIL that poison dart frogs kept in captivity are not dangerously toxic, because the alkaloids that make them toxic come from their prey. Bugs fed to them in captivity do not have these chemicals.
E1JZw TIL when Tower 42 in the City of London was proposed, people objected to its height. The architect favored a single tower design, but to quell objections to height he presented a two tower alternative. After seeing the stubby towers, everyone agreed to go along with the taller single tower.