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TIL after Rasputin was murdered, a group of people dug up his remains & burned them. As the body was being burned, Rasputin appeared to sit up in the flames, terrifying onlookers. This effect can be attributed to the heat, which caused his tendons to shrink, forcing the body to bend at the waist.

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D1yr TIL there was an epidemic of Satanic ritual abuse across America in the 1980s that turned out to be completely imagined. People were recalling memories of sexual abuse and cannibalism that never occurred.
WGG9 TIL Burj Khalifa isn’t hooked up to a municipal wastewater treatment system – so when you poop in the building, that waste is actually trucked out of the city.
KOWJ TIL Happy Hour is illegal in Ireland since 2003
9Yj07 TIL an expedition to find the Niger River accidentally chose the Niger River as a starting point.
5YZGD TIL jazz guitarist Pat Martino suffered a near-fatal seizure in 1980 which left him with amnesia and no recollection or knowledge of how to play the guitar. He re-learned how to play the instrument, and resumed his performing and recording career in 1987 until his death in 2021.