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TIL It Is Not Uncommon For Fossils To Be Radioactive

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R7R64 The first modern crematory was built in the U.S. in 1876. A second came eight years later. By 1900, there were 20. The practice got another boost in 1963 when the Catholic Church reversed its opinion on cremation during the Vatican II reforms and said cremation was permitted (though ash scattering was not). Four decades ago, less than 5 percent of American were cremated when they died. Now that figure stands at nearly half.
8ekbZ TIL that more academic papers have been written about Buffy the Vampire Slayer than any other popular culture phenomenon.
R7OYj TIL: less than 5% of the internet claims about the health benefits of cannabis use were considered accurate
1660P TIL in the 1960s David Stein sold three watercolors purportedly by artist Marc Chagall to an art dealer. They were fake as Stein had painted them that day. He may have gotten away with it, but Marc Chagall just happened to meet the dealer on that very same day. Stein became an artist after prison.
oRjMA TIL That Tianducheng, a city in China that commenced construction just prior to 2007 and has a population of over 30,000 people, was modelled on Paris France. It includes a replica Eiffel Tower, neoclassical architecture and baroque features.