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TIL John Graves (1572) wished burial within 20 feet of his church; his tombstone is now a in parking lot

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xVkgk TIL that after Patton liberated Ohrdruf, the first liberated concentration camp, he brought the mayor and the mayor's wife to see the camp. After they left, they hanged themselves.
5YAVp TIL that you should never wash raw chicken. Doing do increases your risk of food poisoning from campylobacter bacteria by splashing water contaminated with the bacteria onto hands, work surfaces, clothing, and cooking equipment.
dDXY8 TIL that Camilla's great-grandmother Alice Keppel was the mistress of Charles' great-great-grandfather, King Edward VII.
oA8E TIL fish can be eaten long after its use by date even if it’s smelly and almost rotting. There are no toxins or chemicals in (cooked) old fish that can make humans ill.
E1MoX TIL of the Pioneer Plaque, a pair of plaques sent on the Pioneer spacecrafts that included a naked man, a naked woman, and a diagram representing the origin of the spacecraft. The plaque was designed to transmit information to potential aliens who might intercept Pioneer 10 and 11.