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TIL that Elbridge Gerry is the only signatory of the Declaration of Independence buried in Washington, D.C.

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yVVJX TIL the last known Nazi collaborator living in the U.S. was 95-year-old Jakiw Palij, who was deported back to Germany in 2018.
QJdML TIL that there's an eco friendly variation to standard cremation - hydro cremation. The process utilizes a mix of water and sodium to break down the soft tissue of a body, and the bones are then pulverized to be given to the family. It doesn't utilize formaldehyde, nor does it relase green house gas
N7688 TIL an average cloud weighs over 1 million pounds
BbGx TIL that the lyrics of Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” are officially credited to his childhood friend Vincent “Tata” Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in the Jamaican ghetto where Marley grew up. Marley gave Ford credit for writing the song so that the royalty payments could keep the soup kitchen open.
wL9K6 TIL 90% of the garlic produced in the United States comes from the town of Gilroy in California