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TIL of the state Buddhist monks call “Tukdam” which happens when a monk dies during deep meditation and his body stays uncannily preserved in meditative posture for hundreds of years.

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rxm4 TIL that Kim Jong-un’s great-grandfather was a Korean independence activist and a devout Christian missionary.
KYRY9 TIL that after Wet Wet Wet spent 15 weeks at number 1 with a cover of The Troggs song Love is All Around, the song's writer, Reg Presley spent his royalties on research into alchemy, lost civilisations, alien spacecraft, and crop circles.
0nQ1 TIL that the body of an astronaut killed in the Columbia disaster was found to have been looted and her wedding ring stolen. Plans by Texas Rangers and her widower to find the thief by informing the public were allegedly suppressed because “…it would not be good publicity for NASA.”
9Ym9B TIL that September 4th 1909, saw the first Boys Scout rally in Crystal Palace, South London. The gathering was organized by Baden-Powell & saw 11,000 boys in attendance. Amongst the thousands in attendance, a handful of girls crashed the event. Dressed in uniform, they called themselves Girl Scouts.
5Yrwr TIL About the Wick Effect, when a human body is destroyed by fire due to their clothing having soaked up melted human fat which then acts like the wick of a candle – external heat/fire sources warm the body and then ignite it. It has been touted as an explanation for spontaneous human combustion.