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TIL an economy coffin is designed to drop a body into the grave then be reused, conserving the wood materials and allow for quicker body decomposition. It did not catch on.

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xVrpb TIL Adam DeVine of Workaholics and Pitch Perfect was paralyzed and nearly had his legs amputated at age 11 after being run over by a truck. He recovered years later after multiple surgeries and still has scarring. He credits this experience with giving him his ambition and drive.
bmE7 TIL That clownfish are ‘sequential hermaphrodites’, meaning that if Finding Nemo were more accurate, Nemo’s father would’ve turned into his mother after the real mother died, Nemo would’ve become the new reproducing male, “and they would raise little incestuous Nemos together.”
Zg1B TIL In White Bear Lake, MN. Lois Jurgens had 6 adopted children who she abused on daily bases especially the youngest, Dennis, who died from her abuse in 1965. Lois would force feed Dennis horseradish until he vomited and then she would make him eat the vomit. She only served 8 years in prison.
X06KQ TIL you need a license to play golf in Belgium and The Netherlands
4W9R TIL Following the death of Elvis, his record label made millions with Orion—a masked performer who sounded exactly like The King, leading many to believe he never really died