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TIL Atari has a site where you can play all the cool games from the 80s

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bOdN TIL in 1786 when Louis XVI had bodies removed from France’s Saints Innocents Cemetery into the Catacombs, many of the bodies had decomposed into fat. The fat was then collected and turned into candles and soap
VBLbZ TIL a controversy in Japan involving a famous weatherwoman, who received backlash from some of her fans after it became public knowledge that she had a boyfriend, led to the creation of a new word in the Japanese language, which literally translates to "business that preys on vulnerable men"
X0V5R TIL The M on M&Ms is made of edible paper
E1lkV TIL The legendary band Dread Zeppelin was, for all intents and purposes dissolved and without its signature lead singer, Tortelvis, and they only reformed because INXS were big fans and wanted them to open their US shows in 1993.
QJpxk TIL that Churchill, Manitoba has a prison that holds Polar bears. The facility has a capacity for 28 inmates and has held over 2000 mighty white bears over the years. And no, its not as cruel as it sounds.