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TIL Wadi-al-Salam, the world's largest graveyard, covers 1500 acres, sees 350 burials a day and contains 5 million bodies.

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6E5wX TIL about Victor Sibson, who killed his girlfriend in a botched suicide attempt. The bullet passed through his head, and into her chest, killing her. He survived the attempt and now faces 2nd degree murder charges and life in prison.
l7nJ5 TIL That in 1856, the revolutionary French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin was sent on a mission by Napoleon III to pacify the tribes of French Algeria by showing them that 'French Magic' was stronger than that of their local religious leaders
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b96ME TIL: In theory the top 0-60mph time the human body could survive is 0.091s
o8gE TIL a statue in France has been retrofitted with a detachable penis because people kept stealing the regular one. Authorities store the penis for safekeeping and reattach it for special events.