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TIL There’s a pink lake in Australia

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nJwY TIL That upon his death President Dwight D. Eisenhower requested to be buried in a standard issue $80 coffin while wearing his army uniform. Despite being one of the most decorated men in the military he was only buried in the medals he earned on D-Day.
gMPZW TIL of the Klu Klux Clowns–A protest group that dressed as clowns to disrupt White Power political rallies with unicycles, stilts, red-noses and mealy chants of “White Flour”!
a45o TIL there is a legend that flexible glass was invented around 20AD, when a craftsman presented Tiberius Caesar a bowl of this glass, whereupon he threw it to the ground and it did not shatter. Fearing the implications of such a material, the Caesar had the man beheaded, the formula now lost forever.
a8YDb TIL sucking in your stomach for years causes Hourglass Syndrome, which can malform your entire rib cage
JYgO8 TIL France had a "proto-internet" called Minitel, to which half the population had access. It allowed for buying plane tickets, shopping, 24-hr news, message boards & adult chat services. It was used to coordinate a national strike in 1986. Some believe it hindered the internet's adoption in France.