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TIL that the weight of cremated human adult remains is, on average, around 3.5% of the body weight of the deceased person.

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LkJDV TIL that it rains diamonds in abundance on Saturn and Jupiter. These two planets are the largest in our solar system and are filled with gas with extreme negative temperatures that under the effect of lightning produced by thunderstorms produce more than 1000 tons of diamond every year.
EKdV TIL From 2010 on, Inception and Gravity are the highest-grossing live-action movies that weren’t based on existing intellectual property
R74Aa TIL that Cleopatra lived less than a generation apart from Jesus Christ, based on the approximate dates of her death and his birth.
kOKke TIL The sun makes up 99.8 percent of the mass in the solar system.
epmbg TIL a former American mayor became the mayor of a North Korean city