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TIL John Franzese was a mob boss who was taped by an informant discussing the ideal method of disposing of a body. He recommended taking 30 minutes to an hour to dismember the body in a kiddie pool, dry the parts in a microwave and finally mulch them in a commercial grade garbage disposal.

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b6Wmp TIL of Hægri dagurinn ("The right day"), the day that Iceland changed from left-hand traffic to right-hand traffic. The change occurred formally on May 26, 1968, at 6:00 am - The only injury from the changeover was a boy on a bicycle who broke his leg.
OaJ7 TIL that when Nickelodeon stole the Ren and Stimpy show from John Kricfalusi, they allowed him to retain the George Liquor character, as long as he didn’t become “a child molester or mass murderer,” to which John K. asked how many murders he would need to commit to make him a mass murderer.
Br4Mx TIL: The hyphenating of an American’s ethnicity or origin was originally a nationalistic and disparaging epithet.
p8bXN Today I learned that the heads on easter island actually also have torsos. In most pictures taken of these famous heads, it shows only the heads but hidden under the ground are its torso. Scientists have 'found interesting discoveries that further our knowledge of the Easter Island civilization'.
xQbk TIL the stated sunscreen SPF values are correct only if 2 μL of sunscreen is applied per square cm of exposed skin. This translates into about 28 mL (1 oz) to cover the whole body of an adult male, which is much more than many people use in practice.