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TIL Washington state will be the first state to allow human composting as a form of burial on May 1, 2020.

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v18M7 TIL that a male brown antechinus mates with as many females as possible for up to 14 hours at a time. Unfortunately, the effort usually crashes his immune system and ultimately kills him.
W7RMA TIL in the aftermath of the 1912 Regina Cyclone, where a tornado touched down in Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28 people, a touring theatrical troupe who'd stopped there helped rebuild after the event, one of whom was a young actor named Boris Karloff.
ngJP TIL America’s first multi-millionaire, John Jacob Astor, was an opium dealer.
plkQ TIL the “% Daily Value” numbers found on nutrition labels in the US/Canada are based on recommendations from 1968 and have not been updated to reflect current recommendations. Something with “100% Daily Value” of Vitamin C has only 67% of an adult male’s recommended daily intake.
0ew5 TIL that Asia Carrera (former porn star) performed on the piano at Carnegie Hall twice before the age of 15, and later won a full academic scholarship to Rutgers University. However, at age 17 she ran away from home because she felt her parents put too much pressure on her to succeed academically.