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TIL that at least one person has been killed by a lava lamp. In 2004, Philip Quinn decided to heat his lava lamp on the kitchen stove. The lamp exploded, shooting a shard of glass into his heart and ending his life.

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nWEyb TIL that on 9/11, an estimated 500,000 people were evacuated from Lower Manhattan on ferries, yachts and charter boats, making it the largest water evacuation in history.
Oomr4 TIL In his own words, John Lennon's best-selling single "Imagine" was written to represent a 'Communist manifesto' where there was 'no more religion, no more country, no more politics.' In later interviews, Lennon claimed the song represented 'one country, one world, one people.'
Z69G TIL that Shel Silverstein, who many of us know for “Where the Sidewalk Ends”, wrote Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue”
1a5pV TIL just 12 days before he died of a drug overdose, Mitch Hedberg went on the Howard Stern show and said, 'I got the drugs under control now,' and that he only used them for the 'creative side of it'.
8aQkP TIL an Egg Cream is a beverage consisting of milk, carbonated water, and flavored syrup. The drink contains neither eggs nor cream.