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TIL it’s legal in the US for companies to sell or lease human bodies that have been “donated to science.” Many donated bodies have to be paid for by researchers, and funeral homes earn a kickback for every “donation.”

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ADj4o TIL, (that) ticks "can be submerged in water for 2-3 days," and that it's best to tape a 'removed' tick to an index card incase physical problems arise from said tick bite, and can be sent off to a lab for analysis.
4XOZ6 TIL That the term "Agnostic" was coined in 1869 by T.H. Huxley, and not as a description, but as a creed: "to follow reason as far as it can take you, but then, when you have established as much as you can, frankly and honestly to recognize the limits of your knowledge."
9YNpB TIL that throughout each of Quentin Tarantino’s productions, he would have his actors turn to the camera and say “Hello, Sally!” as a nod to Sally Menke, who’d edited every one of his films until she passed away in 2010.
7rRjL TIL drivers in the UK who cause death while using their phones, speeding or are drunk face life in prison.
d84kd TIL according to declassified Soviet archives, during Stalin’s great purge of 1937/1938 over 1.5 million people were detained, of whom 681,692 were shot (an average of 1,000 executions a day). In comparison, the Tsarists executed 3,932 persons for political crimes from 1825 to 1910.