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TIL in 2007, an English woman cremated her missing son, only for him to turn up alive and well a day later. It turned out that the police had mistakenly identified another dead man as her son, and she herself had become convinced after they confirmed his “distinctive scars”, such as a brain injury.

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6gy8 TIL that the Pentagon was designed in a way that makes it possible to go from any one point to another within seven minutes.
9YAGm TIL Chris Pratt stole his Star-Lord jacket from the set of the first Guardians of the Galaxy so he could dress up as the character and visit sick kids in the hospital.
4k9pJ TIL Aristotle wrote the heart has only three chambers, and that tiny organisms can be generated spontaneously out of inanimate matter. It is now known that the left atrium is very difficult to observe and took Louis Pasteur to prove that growth doesn't happen in a container without micro-organisms
oBJJ7 TIL that the largest 'standard' bed size is called the Super Caesar and that it measures in at 9ft x 7ft (275cm x 213cm). It can hold upto 6 adults (shoulder to shoulder) plus another laying at the foot of the bed.
O5rX TIL In 2012, men accounted for 92% of workplace deaths despite only making up 57% of the workforce.