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TIL: Family Members Scattering Dead Relative's Ashes On Disney World Rides Is A "Common Occurrence" Especially on the The Haunted Mansion ride.

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R7a76 PSY's music video 'Gangnam Style' exceeded the 32-bit integer limit (2,147,483,647) for YouTube view count, necessitating YouTube to upgrade the variable to a 64-bit integer limit at 9 quintilian (9,223,372,036,854,775,808).
xVBag TIL the US has poor voter turnout as a percent of voting-age population (55.7%), but excellent voter turnout as as percent of those registered to vote (86.8%)
ggZb TIL that Japanese handsaws cut on the pull stroke, which is more efficient, whereas American handsaws cut on the push stroke.
16WyO TIL Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg and eldest son of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was sent to Dachau concentration camp for his resistance to the Anschluss.
mxK0R TIL Matthew McConaughey's "alright, alright, alright" catch-phrase comes from his role in Dazed and Confused. He came up with it after listening to a Doors album where Jim Morrison kept saying "all right, all right, all right, all right" between songs.