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TIL that corpses can grow vivianite crystals in the right conditions

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m1LdM TIL that in the Victorian era, many people took photos with their dead relatives
nrk7 TIL - IBMs Watson had part of it’s memory Cleared because it learned to swear!
mxmKP TIL that while trapped in a Chilean mine for 69 days, Edison Peña ran several miles a day underground. He has since ran in the New York Marathon and Tokyo Marathon.
QMdp TIL Ketchup was originally a fermented fish sauce and did not include tomatoes, as tomatoes were thought to be poisonous at that time
86aK TIL Trevor Moore of The Whitest Kids U’ Know became the world’s youngest published cartoonist at the age of 12 with his book “Scraps”