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TIL 250 people in the US have cryogenically preserved their bodies to be revived later.

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R7D8j TIL that a calendar system for Mars has already bean devised for potential future settlement. The calendar contains 24 months of 27 or 28 days each, named after Latin and Sanskrit constellation names.
m1NMp TIL JP Morgan’s ancestor, James Pierpont, was a founder of Yale College.
M7ev0 TIL the Mullet haircut was used as a practical military tactic among Vikings and Romans. Long hair in the back kept soldiers warm on the battlefield, while shorter hair in front was less likely to get yanked by an adversary.
jvyn TIL that the Black Death killed so many people in the 14th century that the world population did not recover to pre-plague levels until the 17th century.
NL4N TIL that no new malls have been built in the United States since 2006 and 15% of U.S. malls will fail within the next 10 years