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TIL writer, anarchist, and environmentalist Edward Abbey was secretly buried in the Arizona desert as per his wishes. It took his friends 5 cases of beer, some whiskey, and 2 attempts to fulfill his wish.

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P11QJ TIL a high school student posted a photo of dirty water coming from her school's bathroom sink online, a problem administrators had long ignored. The social media backlash caused the school to send a plumber out "right away," but she got a 3-day suspension for "inappropriate use of electronics."
XkQP TIL In 2010 Feminist Claire Perry unsuccessfully tried to pressure ISPs into automatically blocking pornography, forcing users to “opt-in”. She is the current ‘Porn Advisor’ to David Cameron
WkXno TIL about the art piece "Machine with Concrete" by Arthur Ganson. It's a series of gears and screws driven at 200RPM that end in a final gear embedded in concrete. At that speed it will take over 2 trillion years for the final gear to turn once.
bmQ TIL Bo Peep was omitted from Toy Story 3 because she would not have survived the incinerator scene, being made of porcelain.
67YZ TIL According to the first item on its list of ingredients, Goldfish snack crackers are made with “smiles.”