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TIL of Tommy Cooper who died while performing on stage... while the audience laughed

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R5NQl TIL about the Amphicar, an amphibious automobile from the 1960s. US President Lyndon B. Johnson owned one, and he was known to frighten visitors at his ranch by driving them downhill directly into his property's lake, all the while shouting that he had malfunctioning brakes.
KOVXa TIL though distilled water has a pH of 7 immediately after distillation, it becomes slightly acidic with a pH of 5.8 some time after distillation because it absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
JYKOk TIL that Paul McCartney created Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band after misunderstanding Salt and Pepper for Sergeant Pepper, which triggered a train of thoughts leading to the album’s concept
GYMag TIL that after a bone marrow transplant, a man’s semen contains only the donor’s DNA
5aN9 TIL that the Camden Bench was specifically designed to deter sleeping, littering, skateboarding, drug dealing, graffiti and theft. It is considered emblematic of hostile architecture.