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TIL Every year on the anniversary of his death, the National Trust leave the bedroom light on in John Lennon’s childhood home, all night.

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W7weY TIL if conditions are met, the fat of a decaying human body can turn into a soap like substance, mummifying it. In Germany some graves are so prone to it, they have burial chambers, and special soil to prevent the saponification process.
jlrQ TIL: Decimate is one of the most misused words today. It means to remove 1/10th, but is usually used in place of words like obliterate or annihilate.
woOwE TIL that in the 1970s Hostess paid DC to run ads in DC comic books, and each one was a one-page comic that led to the villain getting stopped thanks to Hostess fruit pies or Twinkies.
b9Paa TIL in 2020 the average American auto loan term went above 70 months for the first time.
VM45B TIL that stepping on a Stonefish, the world's most venomous fish, can result in needing crutches to walk for a month (if you survive the sting at all).