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TIL That California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Disneyworld have a chronic issue of people spreading the ashes of their loved ones on rides. It happens at least once a month, and rides have to be shut so they can be cleaned.

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VMlN4 TIL that Paraguay briefly made married polygamy legal in the 19th century, after a major war against neighboring countries had claimed the lives of many men. At that time, males were only 13% of the total population of Paraguay.
AD4Yx TIL That the victims of Pompeii had near-perfect dental health due to a low-sugar diet and a local water source rich in fluorine.
GA5aQ TIL Writer Nikolai Gogol slowly died of self starvation after refusing all food. His doctors tried to cure him through a number of brutal methods such as force feeding him bouillon, pouring a bucket of hot water on his head, applying half a dozen leeches on his nose and a soap suppository
nPPG TIL of the term champagne socialist, which is a term used to describe self-described socialists who lead upper middle class lifestyles incompatible with their political convictions
rRlyw TIL that cooling pasta for 24 hours reduces calories and insulin response while also turning into a prebiotic. These positive effects only intensify if you re-heat it.