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

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DQEor TIL in 1975, the representative of Queen Elizabeth II dismissed the Australian Prime Minister from office
GEPG TIL in 1969, a musician named Jim Sullivan recorded an album called “U.F.O.“, which featured strange lyrics about leaving his family and being abducted by aliens. Sullivan disappeared six years later without a trace, the only piece of evidence being his abandoned car found on a desert road.
JYrrB TIL about Raven Wilkinson, the first African-American ballet dancer of a major ballet company. In 1957, Raven was once barred from staying with her troupe when an Atlanta hotel owner asked her outright if she was black. Raven quit dancing for a time, only to return to a 27 year career at NYC Opera.
mEbp TIL prior to France’s collapse in WW2, a serious effort was made by Churchill, French Prime Minister Reynaud and Charles de Gaulle to combine France and Britain into one country. However, it was rejected by other French leaders who said being a Nazi province was better than being a British dominion
a8VRy TIL The dueling pistols used by Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton are owned by J.P. Morgan Chase.