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TIL It’s common for bodies to sit up straight or perform movements during cremation.

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78wVP TIL,that America's first serial killer may have been a woman in New Orleans in the 1800's.
8eboP TIL that an astronaut secretly smuggled a corned beef sandwich into space, nearly causing a disaster—and NASA was not happy about it.
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