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TIL Coldplay's 'Fix You' was written by Chris Martin for Gwyneth Paltrow after her father died.

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9Yx8r TIL Marvin Heemeyer built a modified bulldozer in 2004, named Killdozer, to destroy his local town over zoning disputes. Killdozer consisted of armored plating, concrete reinforcements, video cameras, monitors and gun-ports for rifles and even included an AC for the inside.
Ylav TIL of Junaluska, a Cherokee leader who saved Andrew Jackson’s life. Jackson later sent the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears from NC to OK, which killed up to 1/3 of them en route. Junaluska survived, escaped twice, walked hundreds of mountainous miles home, and lived well into old age as a Chief.
LKZp TIL That the mother-in-law of Scientology leader David Miscavige was shot 3 times with a rifle: twice in the chest and one fatal shot to the head. Her death was ruled a suicide.
aw6WL TIL Leonardo DiCaprio’s haircut from Titanic was outlawed by the Taliban
0wX1M TIL about the gin craze that swept through London in the 18th century, to a point where the average Londoner drank up to 14 gallons a year. Being named the opium of the people