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TIL that in Greece most corpses are dug up after three years to make space for the newly departed

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gryA TIL Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
9Y4ep TIL that highly sensitive devices used to detect radionuclides have to be made from steel salvage from sunken WWI&II ships, as steel since then has been contaminated too much from nuclear bombs.
JR58 TIL Henry Paget, Cavalry commander at the Battle of Waterloo had his leg blown off by a cannon ball. When it happened he shouted to the Duke of Wellington “By God, sir, I’ve lost my leg!” — to which Wellington replied, “By God, sir, so you have!”
AG4w TIL the U.S. Supreme Court Building has a basketball court located on the fifth floor, named the “Highest Court in the Land”
5bxD TIL One-third of the world cannot see the Milky Way