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TIL that in 2002, 339 dead bodies were found on the property of a crematorium in Georgia after the owner started leaving them around the crematorium, in storage sheds, inside vaults and boxes, and outdoors instead of cremating them.

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LM5Q TIL that Poliwag is the favorite Pokémon of Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon.
rNaW4 TIL Jerry Lawler of WWE fame began a feud with comedian Andy Kaufman, wrestling him and slapping him on TV while Kaufman shouted profanities and threw coffee in his face. Later, as himself in Man on the Moon, he stated that his feud with Kaufman was staged and the two had actually been very close.
5OdR TIL that in 1964 Zambia tried beating the US and the USSR in the space race. They used swings for zero gravity and rolling down a hill in barrels for turbulence training and a catapult to launch the 1,8mx3m rocket to the moon. The afronaut crew consisted of 10 Zambians, one 17y old girl and her cat.
jNRLN TIL there is a man who has been visiting the same fish for almost 30 years that comes to him whenever he dives in the ocean.
KlZE TIL A Canadian genius that specialized in ballistics was designing a super cannon to cheaply shoot objects into orbit. Canada and the United States cancelled the joint project. While devastated that his dream would never be seen, he was approached by another financial backer: Saddam Hussein.