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TIL 84% of Vegetarians and Vegans in the U.S. Return to Meat

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YEGv TIL that in Ancient Egypt, the deceased bodies of beautiful and high ranking women were left to decay for 3 to 4 days before being sent off for embalming. They did this to discourage necrophilia (sex with the dead).
oRwML TIL German chocolate cake was invented in Texas
Y7MLr TIL that former Kenya first lady Lucy Kibaki once forced her husband to call a press conference, solely to declare that he only had one wife, Lucy.
WkRgY TIL that there’s a phrase for thinking of the perfect response a week after the argument - l’esprit d’escalier.
4kkKJ TIL There have been more fatalities (265) in the Isle Of Man TT than there has been races (101).