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TIL that George Washington’s body was frozen for 3 days so he wouldn’t be buried alive, and that his friend William Thornton planned to “reanimate” his corpse by filling it with lamb’s blood and pumping air into his lungs.

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ADgE7 TIL that the third Monday in January is typically considered to be ‘Blue Monday’, allegedly the most depressing day of the year. Factors contributing to this theory include: debt, miserable weather, post-Christmas blues, failing New Year’s resolutions and low motivation.
yJB8 TIL that there is a second “Mona Lisa” painting held in a secret vault in Switzerland also thought to have been painted by Leonardo DaVinci that shows a much younger version of the female subject
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d8kR8 TIL that Earth has about three TRILLION trees, or about 420 trees per person. There are more trees on earth than there are cells in a human brain or stars in our galaxy.
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