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TIL about an organization of poets in Amsterdam that read eulogies at the funerals of those who die alone and unmourned.

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nDYW TIL the rise in popularity of the traditional Mexican music “Banda” caused a rash in tuba thefts in Southern California. High Schools would get broken into just for their tubas.
MVb TIL that a snake measuring 50 feet in length once roamed the earth, crushing its prey with a constricting force equivalent to lying under the weight of one and a half Brooklyn Bridges
vPgdK TIL about KIDS - Koala Immune Deficiency Syndrome - 80% of deaths of captive koalas in Queensland are attributed to KIDS and in studied koala populations infection rate is 100%
JYJej TIL that an average mammal species survives for 1 million years, vs. 4m for marine animals and 11m invertebrates
l7xpK Til The Oldest Grizzly Bear lived to be 56 years old in captivity. The oldest polar bear in the wild lived to be 32. And astonishingly the oldest black bear lived to be 56 years old IN THE WILD.