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TIL that corpses can grow vivianite crystals in the right conditions

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VEV4 TIL a Siberian Husky’s coat enables it to withstand temperatures from -58 to -76 degrees (F)
W7paA TIL Peter Cetera of Chicago recorded the hit "25 or 6 to 4" while his mouth was wired shut from a broken jaw.
jvNX TIL of Sara Forbes Bonetta, a West African who was orphaned, sold into slavery, and in a remarkable twist of events, was liberated from enslavement and became a goddaughter to Queen Victoria.
9wPRM TIL about the 1330 Battle of Posada, where Wallachians (southeastern Romanians) decisively defeated the Hungarians and were thus able to preserve their independence.
8aamX TIL the author of Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown) died at 42 while showing a doctor how healthy she was feeling. She kicked up her leg, dislodging a blood clot which then travelled to her heart and killed her.