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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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rRdRw TIL that Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never took another film role and instead found a career as a vet. He did not speak publicly about the film for nearly twenty years, and for several years even his wife did not know about his role.
ANk5B TIL Shaquille O'Neal is also a DJ under the name 'DJ Diesel', he got into the dance music scene in 2014-2015
vPaxK TIL Polly Smith, costume designer for the Muppet Show and Sesame Street also invented the sports bra
MeMxm TIL the co-creator of "Parks and Recreation" read an article which stated that scientists believe the first human who will live 150 years has already been born. He felt this applied to Rob Lowe's character, which inspired Chris Traeger's desire to live to 150.
N7ZJ1 TIL The Phoenix Zoo and the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society of London (now Fauna and Flora International), with financial help from the World Wildlife Fund, are credited with saving the Arabian oryx from extinction.Starting with 9 animals and now estimated more than 8,000 Arabian oryx's.