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TIL after a cremation, you don’t get “ash” back. They take leftover bones and pulverize it into a powder

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p8By8 TIL in 1955, Jack Graham placed a bomb in his mother's suitcase in order to collect on insurance he purchased moment before her flight. The blast killed her and 43 other people on the plane
mB5M TIL of Iwao Hakamada Japanese Boxer who was interrogated for 20 days straight with no lawyer present and spent 46 Years On A Death Row for a crime he did not commit.
lxor TIL unpasteurized watermelon juice reduces post workout aches and soreness
9poX TIL the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania is so close to bankruptcy that its government officials (including the mayor) are paid $7.25/hr
4Xld6 TIL about 'baby hatches', places where mothers can safely and anonymously abandon their newborns (usually in hospitals or churches). In Germany, babies abandoned in this way are looked after for 8 weeks, during which time, the mother can 'reclaim' her child without legal repercussions.