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TIL motorcyclists are almost 30X more likely to die than other motorists

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LkGLZ TIL that Spain is only second to Cambodia in forced disappearances, with about 145,000 victims during the Franco dictatorship, and no one has been tried for it, since institutions kept essentially the same officers after democracy was reinstated.
dP4d TIL that the crown princess of Japan had to “practice shopping at the supermarket” before she was married and lost her royal status.
wLpKE TIL about the Particle Data Group's Particle Listings, which is a list of the characteristics and details of more than 150 observed and proposed particles
Wk9oA TIL it is 100% legal be to buried at sea in the USA. You basically wrap the body in a sheet with some weights, at least 3 miles from shore and throw it off the boat. The Navy even has a program to assist veterans of the armed services.
g8l4 TIL Jack Ruby, the guy who killed Oswald on live TV, claimed that the JFK assassination “was an act of overthrowing the government” and that he had been injected with cancer cells in prison to silence him. By 1966, Ruby was dead from cancer in his liver, lungs and brain.