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TIL that The Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic is a Roman Catholic chapel decorated with the skeletal remains of over 40,000 people. Originally a cemetery, it's now a well-known tourist spot.

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pLaG TIL that when the Titanic was found in 1985, the famous Grand Staircase (appearing in many films of the sinking) was missing. During the filming of the 1997 movie, the replica was torn out by the water when the set was flooded; the real staircase was likely ripped out of the ship in the same way.
78AJP TIL about Edward Dando, notorious glutton and dine-and-dasher in 1800's Britain, who would eat dozens of oysters, not pay, go to jail, get released, and promptly do it again
D5gV TIL that 45 states have provisions in their laws that make exceptions to the Minimum Legal Drinking Age
nyvd TIL Bruce Willis dropped out of the Expendables 3 because he wanted 4 million dollars instead of 3 million, for four days of work.
QNQeE TIL The most common type of brain cancer, Glioblastoma, has a typical 5-year survival rate of 5%, with only one person ever having been cured of the disease.