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TIL that a lost diver in Lake Tahoe was found 17 years later perfectly preserved. (The family is going to have an open casket…)

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0wWxR TIL that an 8-year-old boy was tied to a tree and set on fire. Thanks to a deposition he gave on his deathbed, his family was awarded $150 billion in damages.
jN1xp TIL that there is a company that will press a vinyl record that contains your ashes with your favourite music.
d8XK9 TIL that greasy pizza boxes cannot be recycled; the paper fibers cannot be separated from the oil during the pulping process
p8KPQ TIL that in ancient Rome, wearing pants was considered barbaric as the "civilised" cultures of the Mediterranean didn't need them. As the Empire expanded north, the Romans would be forced to adopt pants, particularly those of Celtic design, lest they freeze their balls.
QN8jL TIL about a painkiller present in human saliva called Opiorphin which is stronger than Morphine.