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TIL that Catholics are forbidden from keeping the ashes of cremated loved ones at home, scattering them, dividing them between family members or turning them into mementos, the Vatican has ruled.

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KOkNE TIL : The Padmanabhaswamy temple is a Hindu temple located in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala in India.The temple has been a subject of enormous media coverage since it was revealed that the temple had huge amount of wealth hidden in it's undeground vaults.
4X4NX Donald Trump drinks 12 cokes a day.
eplbn TIL Conan O'Brien has History and Literature Degrees from Harvard.
8DMG TIL Ulysses S. Grant’s administration was plagued with corruption and scandal due to nepotism, favoritism, and the unprecedented way he ran his cabinet resulting in Black Friday (1869) and Whiskey Ring (1875)
JYQ9V TIL that in an urban revitalization effort, Cleveland attempted to set the Guinness Book of World Records by releasing millions of balloons from its downtown area. 60% of them wound up in Lake Erie, stymieing a rescue effort for two missing fishermen. Guinness denied the city any official records.