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TIL Nicolas Cage will be buried in a pyramid.

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ZWAR TIL that when Ernest Seton turned 21, his father charged him for all of the expenses associated with his childhood, including the fee for his delivery at birth. He paid the bill, but changed his name and never spoke to his father again.
GY4l7 TIL of Turritopsis Nutricula, a jellyfish that returns to its polyp stage after becoming old, effectively becoming immortal.
GYjy1 TIL that Hiram Maxim took out ads in the local paper to warn his neighbours in West Norwood on the days he was planning to test-fire his prototype machine gun in the back garden
Bgrxy TIL that Germany's two largest private emergency responders, the "Malteser" and the "Johanniter", used to be the crusader knights' field doctors in Jerusalem
rKGx TIL A man ate nothing but potatoes for 60 days and thrived.