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TIL For a morbid photo, a couple thought they’d place their child inside an 800 year old sandstone sarcophagus on display—behind a barrier—at a Museum in England. The sarcophagus fell to the floor, breaking a chunk off. The family fled the scene without reporting it, but were captured on CCTV.

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YpJ7B TIL that France enforced a ban on unlimited fizzy drinks in an effort to curb obesity
nW8WP TIL of the spider genus Hotwheels, named after the Hot Wheels toy line. There is only one species in the genus and has only been found in China.
7rvwP TIL that if you dig through any part of the continental U.S. Not only would you be nowhere near China, but there's actually a very slim chance you'd hit any land at all.
xVP5 TIL Osama Bin Laden wrote a letter to the American people concerning 9/11, saying “America does not understand the language of manners and principles, so we are addressing it using the language it understands.”
KPEQ TIL that James Gandolfini was supposed to play the attorney role of James Stone in the HBO mini series, The Night Of, before he passed away. There is even footage somewhere of the scene he shot with the closing arguments against Naz, the alleged murderer of the site.