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TIL Fear of being buried alive in the 19 century was so widespread there was a patent for ‘life indicator coffin’

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VBlRk TIL of Francis Bowes Sayre Jr., grandson of U.S. president Woodrow Wilson. Unlike his grandfather, who authorized and imposed widespread federal segregation, Francis was a fierce opponent of segregation, going so far as to march alongisde Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery.
QNr0E TIL the The Warriors was X-rated in France in 1979 for incitement to violence, the French Movies Control Board describing the movie as "a very realistic vision of the urban guerrilla warfare that gangs can develop to conquer a city"
x6y67 TIL a few days prior to the violent beheading and cannibalism that took place upon a Greyhound bus in 2008, the company was set to launch an ad campaign saying "There's a reason you've never heard of bus rage." After the incident they removed all ads, including physical posters in NYC stations.
e0ajL Today I learned that Clem Burke, the original drummer for Blondie, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gloucestershire for participating in an eight year study which examined the effects of drumming (psychological, physical) and demands on a professional drummer's stamina.
nr59 TIL Dresden, Germany adopted a “Pay as you throw” (PAYT) system of garbage disposal. Since 1994, per capita waste generation in Dresden has dropped over 50% from 305kg to 143kg despite increases in income and consumption. The difference is accounted for by compost, recycling, and reusing.