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TIL that there's a company called Eternal reef that turns dead bodies into an ocean reef that memorialize the passing of loved ones by helping to preserve and protect the marine environment.

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QJ9m6 TIL about Mexico's informal rehabilitation centers, were "kidnapping teams" are dispatched with the help of family members to abduct addicts and take them to private rehabilitation centers. Many patients are held against their will, suffer both physical and mental torture, and suicides are common.
VBmpZ TIL: the design of the 'Single Leaf' Flag of Canada was designed and implemented as recently as 1964
5YMPn TIL Julius Ceasar never actually had a Ceasar Salad. It was invented in 1924 by an Italian Mexican in Tijuana.
69MDY TIL that Aretha Franklin's handwritten will was found in a spiral notebook wedged between couch cushions months after she died, but a court ruled it was valid
69g0J TIL artist Salvador Dali illustrated a 1969 edition of Alice in Wonderland, with only 2,700 copies printed. It included twelve illustrations and a front-cover etching signed by Dali himself. Signatures of Dali can be spotted throughout, such as the melting clock found at the Mad Tea Party.