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TIL that there is a company called Eternal Reefs that uses human corpses & remains to create living coral reef memorials off of the Florida coast

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0dAjM TIL as an 18 month old infant, Muhammad Ali knocked off his mother’s tooth
x7R7 TIL the barking sounds heard at the beginning of Jane’s Addiction’s single “Been Caught Stealing” was the result of singer Perry Farrell’s dog in the vocal booth. He and his dog ran around the room and the dog started barking inside.
kOYxB TIL: In 2005 a company named SeaCode wanted to anchor a cruise ship three miles off the coast of Los Angeles, and fill it with up to 600 foreign programmers. The idea was to eliminate visa restrictions, and avoid U.S. labor laws.
K14w TIL that the “Pirate speak” from movies and books was an actual distinct dialect of English which was spoken until the 19th century in the west country. It became associated with pirates due to the strong seafaring tradition from the area.
EedW TIL There is a 1966 Volvo with more than 3 million miles on it.