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TIL if you're legally in possession of human remains in the US, you can dispose of them at sea for free as long as you're at least 3 nautical miles from shore, properly prepare the body or ashes, and notify the EPA within 30 days

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oRoM8 TIL that 5th Element director Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich started a relationship after Maiwenn (who played the Diva) and he broke up. Luc and Milla by the end of the film would have casual conversations in the "Divine Language" that Luc had made up, and that Milla added to
5Y7yn TIL that Microsoft Surface was originally a 90kg device the size of a coffee table, way back in 2008.
JYZYB TIL there is a Post Office at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
8aAyP TIL Russell Crowe commissioned Nick Cave to write a sequel to Gladiator. When Cave asked "didn't you die at the end of gladiator" Crowe responded "yeah, but you sort that out"
oBAV8 TIL of Battle of Cape Ecnomus, in which 1/5th of the Roman male population participated in. A total of 300 thousand men participated in a pitched battle that lasted mere hours.