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TIL of a "body farm", where the decomposition of human corpses is studied by leaving bodies outside in a variety of topographic and climate conditions. There are facilities in US, Canada, Australia, India, and UK. Over 100 bodies are donated to the University of Tennessee facility alone every year.

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8awmG TIL the Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA was started in 1890 as a way to convince East Coast residents to move to California by "showcasing California's mild weather" by proving the "flowers are still blooming and oranges are about to bear."
gnny TIL that the producers of SIDEWAYS originally wanted Paul Giamatti’s Miles’ most cherished wine bottle to be a Petrus Merlot. Petrus’ estate owner declined, forcing a rewrite that included Miles’ most famous line: “If anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am NOT drinking any fucking Merlot!”
GAlx1 TIL the notion that lactic acid is the reason we experience muscle soreness after a workout has been debunked in the 1980s. Research suggests the soreness is a result of a cascade of physiological effects in response to microscopic trauma sustained during intense exercise.
nWRY TIL that if the Earth stopped spinning, the oceans would migrate to the poles, creating one equatorial megacontinent and two polar oceans, submerging nearly all of the northern U.S., Europe, Canada and Russia.
XEWWj TIL, animators who failed while working on other projects within Dreamworks, were often sent to work on Shrek. The reassignment was known as being "Shreked" and being sent to "the Gulag".