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TIL that there’s a frozen dead guy in a Tuff Shed in Colorado that has been “preserved” for 27 years with a twice-a-month dry ice run.

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e0VDk TIL In 1986 a trained analytic philosopher penned an essay on Bullshit. Bullshit attempts to manipulate listener and is indifferent to lies or facts. Bullshit is vague whereas lies are specific and uncoverable.
0YmL TIL that the pirate captain Benjamin Hornigold once attacked a ship just to replace his crew’s hats. They got drunk the previous night and they tossed theirs overboard.
NXv8P TIL in the movie Forrest Gump, the girl on the school bus who refuses to let Forrest sit next to her is played by Elizabeth Hanks, the daughter of Tom Hanks.
E1yMV TIL that “Boo” comes from the Latin, meaning “I am crying aloud!”, which means that when ghosts say “boo!” they are basically saying “I am yelling!”
v8lL TIL: Despite implications to the contrary, the USA spends more money on education, per student, than any other country in the world. Funding isn’t the problem in the US