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TIL in 1975 a man died of laughter while watching his favourite TV show. His widow later sent The programme a letter thanking them for making his final moments of life so pleasant.

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XE9KR TIL that no carnivore can grind their teeth, while omnivores and herbivores can. This is because they don’t need to ruminate their food like others do, eg cows to grass.
QPAL TIL Mark Wahlberg (AKA Marky Mark) committed a number of unprovoked assaults, many of which were racial in nature, and one of which permanently blinded his victim.
E17rW TIL "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba" were not part of the original One Thousand and One Nights; they were added to the collection by a French translator, who heard them from a Maronite storyteller.
epgaE TIL the first chemotherapy drug was derived from mustard gas
dDXrd TIL about "Typhoon Tip," the largest recorded hurricane with a diameter of over 1,300 miles, nearly half the size of the United States -- which occurred in 1979.