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TIL of "promession", an elaborate decomposition system that takes a body, freezes it, vibrates it to dust, and dehydrates it, to result in the most eco-friendly form of burial ever devised.

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ADGRd TIL Ronald Reagan tried to join the Hollywood Communist Party but was turned down because he was too annoying.
0dAZ1 TIL that Agave - the source of all tequila - is a member of the Asparagus family
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