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TIL That cryonic preservation (freezing a corpse hoping that it can be revived in the future) is prohibited in France and British Columbia, Canada. In France, cryonics is not a legal mode of body disposal, and in BC, sale of arrangements for cryonic preservation has been prohibited since 2015.

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md4R TIL that actor Rowan Atkinson, famous for his hilariously dim-witted characters like Mr. Bean and Johnny English, received his Master’s degree in electrical engineering from Oxford University prior to his acting career.
VB0RZ TIL ''There is a historical narrative found in the New Testament of the Holy Bible that refers to the practices of gambling during Christ’s lifetime. In fact, once Christ had been crucified, the bible mentions that the Roman soldiers cast lots (dice variation) for his clothes.''
M7eAb TIL that in 1986 the Voyager probe recorded Uranus releasing a huge amount of gas
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nbY9 TIL that ‘The Fuller Cut’ barbershop in Michigan, offers $2 off the price of a haircut for children, if they read to the barber while receiving the haircut, hoping to increase the literacy rate in the city, especially among the poorer families.