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TIL Professional mourners are hired to attend funerals in some parts of the world. In China some even bring their own band.

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KNMJ TIL your SnapChat information is available to law enforcement up to 9 months after you send anything, without a court order. (90 days regular limit + preservation + renewal)
vPObr TIL: the german general population under Hitler never actually got the Volkswagen beetle. There was a stamp lottery to get one that never finished before total war broke out. The first deliveries happened after the fall of the nazis.
wWkM TIL Oklahoma declared watermelon a vegetable and made it their official state vegetable
7EWp TIL Timothy Ray Brown is the only human ever cured of HIV. He had the virus for 11 years before developing leukemia. When he was given a bone marrow transplant, the HIV virus disappeared. His blood has been studied for years but there’s still no definitive answer as to why he recovered.
19KO TIL Dr. Seuss wrote a book about naked ladies.