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TIL US authorities revoked the licences of a funeral home and its director after he admitted one of his employees cut the legs of a 6ft 7in man without the family's permission so the corpse would fit in a coffin.

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OwA6 TIL The last united states aircraft to be shot down in combat was by another united states aircraft
9lAB TIL that all the American flags placed on the moon are now white due to radiation from the sun.
Z8X4o TIL Theo Jansen has been creating strandbeesten, which are moving kinetic structures, sometimes wind-propelled, that resemble walking animals. All of his models are based on a system of triangles and connecting links which convert the rotation of an axle into a stepping motion of six or more legs.
0Qov TIL Schools in Japan don’t employ custodial staff, because they believe students should respect their learning environment and keep it clean themselves
ZJ1D TIL Sky News UK initially reported that “the entire eastern seaboard of the United States has been decimated by a terrorist attack” on 9/11