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TIL the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit has pastoral responsibility over the Cayman Islands

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8aZeP TIL that when crowds get as dense as 6 or 7 people per square meter, they begin taking on the characteristics of fluids. This can lead to "crowd crushes," where waves propagate through the group and push people into tight spaces, crushing them to death.
xVbMk TIL that 4 states ban billboards. That's Hawaii, Vermont, Maine, and Alaska.
l7paG TIL that veterinarians used 3D printing to replace part of a cat’s skull in 2019 (the cat made a full recovery)
4XoON TIL cascata delle Marmore (Marmore falls), Italy, is the tallest man-made waterfall in the world at height 165m (541 feet), and it was created by ancient romans almost 2300 years ago
BrW0b TIL Walt Disney wasn’t cryogenically frozen. He was cremated and his ashes interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. The rumor that he wanted to be frozen was started in 1972 by the president of the California Cryogenics Society and has since been denied by Disney’s family.