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TIL mathematician Kurt Godel starved himself to death for fear of being poisoned

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OodP6 TIL during the 9/11 Commission, it was revealed that some investors placed large amounts of put options, a type of option that increases in value as a stock falls, against United and American Airlines, right before 9/11/2001. The investor's $5M profit still sits unclaimed in the Chicago Exchange.
J1vG4 TIL that Empress Yuan ruled as Emperor for a few hours in Wei China after her grandmother falsely pretended she was a boy.
xVxyB TIL Falernian wine was the most renowned in ancient Rome. In Pompeii, a price list on the wall says "For one [coin] you can drink wine, For two you can drink the best, For four you can drink Falernian"
nAMd TIL that in WW2, US Ships used rubble from the English city of Bristol as ballast for the journey home to New York. They dumped the rubble on the bank of the East River, where Waterside Plaza now stands.
YomP TIL US soldier Jeremy Morlock admitted to killing unarmed Afghanistan civilians for sport as a part of ‘kill team’ while he was deployed overseas