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TIL that in 2011 Mr. Alan Billis donated his body to be mummified using ancient Egyptian methods by a team of egyptologists in the UK, and his body is still on display in The Gordon Museum

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X0Da6 TIL that Montreal Canadiens Goaltender Jacques Plante's name graced the NHL Stanley Cup for five consecutive years (seasons 1956-60) each of which his name is spelled differently.
neD9r TIL that Nosferatu makes a second appearance in Spongebob in a 2018 episode called “The Night Patty.” This is over 15 years after his first Spongebob appearance in “Graveyard Shift” and nearly 100 years after his first appearance in “Nosferatu.”
rJnd TIL The Gingko Biloba species of tree is 270 million years old. It rarely suffers disease or insect attack and was one of the only living things to survive the Hiroshima nuclear bombing. The trees healed quickly and are still alive today.
p8QBA TIL as of 2020, there have been 15 astronaut and 4 cosmonaut fatalities during spaceflight. The current statistical fatality rate is 3.2 percent.