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TIL it is 100% legal be to buried at sea in the USA. You basically wrap the body in a sheet with some weights, at least 3 miles from shore and throw it off the boat. The Navy even has a program to assist veterans of the armed services.

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jNapp TIL that in pre-Norman England, Father Christmas, originally wore a green suit with a long green hooded cloak, as well as a wreath made of holly, mistletoe or ivy which represented the coming spring.
orN8 TIL, 90% of U.S. media: television, radio, news; is owned by only 6 corporations. One of which owns the top newspaper on 3 continents: The Wall Street Journal, The Sun, and The Australian.
9YJ9D TIL, during the Communist Chinese purges, in Guangxi, residents ate, tortured, and butchered each other. Someone was blown to bits just for fun!
LoVP TIL In 1907 Joseph Stalin said at the funeral of his first wife, “This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.”
PYrnJ TIL when the planned community of Levittown, NY, was opened in 1947, the builders managed to sell 1400 houses in the first 3 hours.