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TIL that the Torajan people of Indonesia live with their dead for extended periods of time

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ER07 TIL : A tomato plant was found on a volcanic island. Scientists weren’t able to figure out how it got there, turns out it had grown from the feces of a scientist that took a dump there.
x6BPb TIL at least 90% of human genome is non-functional and commonly referred to as "junk DNA"
epZbn TIL that the United States government once filed a lawsuit against a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster, because they did not believe that it had the right to be a Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster. The Fourteen Pound Solid Gold Rooster won the case!
xb87 TIL that there is an Egyptian sculpture which bears a striking resemblance to Michael Jackson at the Field Museum in Chicago (pic)
lok87 TIL about Christopher Roberts, a classical bassist, who in the 1980s hiked into Papua New Guinea's jungles with his bass and tape recorder. By doing so, he preserved a tribe's rich musical heritage & history, which were being lost because of mining & missionaries.