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TIL that most of the world does not refrigerate their eggs.

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7XZO TIL posthumous marriage is legal in France, if one fiancé(e) dies before the wedding. “I do” is replaced with “I did”, and “until death do us part” is omitted.
wLgkP TIL that Satanists and the church of Satan do not believe in Satan as a being and are actually an atheist organisation, therefore do not worship any supernatural being, be it the devil or otherwise
nWna9 TIL that Adolphe Sax, the son of instrument designers, was prone to accidents. As a kid, he fell from a 3-story height, drank acidic water he mistook for milk, swallowed a pin, fell into a frying pan, was burned in a gunpowder blast, and fell into a river. He grew up to invent the saxophone.
VkdD TIL the original founders/owners of Macy’s died on the Titanic and were the old couple in the movie who went to sleep as the ship went down.
XEnrQ TIL while the first and second US presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote were separated by just 12 years, happening in 1876 and 1888, the third such election didn't happen until 2000.