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TIL a Ohio Morgue worker had sex with over 100 dead bodies.

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1aB9V TIL that ~2500 years before Ancient Rome, the Indus Valley Civilization had public baths, personal toilets, and a widespread system of brick and terracotta drainage ducts and the first instances of plumbing and in the ancient world.
Bgd6r TIL that Dr. Seuss created the word NERD in "If I Ran the Zoo), which is no longer being published.
P1ggZ TIL Laos is the most bombed country in history relative to its population size
BgdMy TIL that after an accident on June 13, 1922, Charles Osborne began to hiccup nonstop. The condition persisted for more than six decades, only ending in 1990, a full 68 years after it began.
XE8Ak TIL about the USS Oriskany Fire wherein a sailor panicked after accidentally igniting a magnesium flare then tossing it back into the locker filled with 250 flares. This resulted in the death of 44 with 156 injured and nearly sank the aircraft carrier