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TIL The first postage stamp to depict a nude woman was printed in Spain in 1930, in commemoration of Goya’s painting ‘La maja desnuda’ (the nude maja). In the same year, the United States government barred and returned any mail bearing the stamps.

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8eQbX TIL that Foresters Financial, a company that sells life insurance, originally required prospective members to go through a trial by combat
PpjV TIL in France it is legal to marry a dead person. It must be approved by the President and Justice Minister. The bride or groom stands beside a photo of their significant other. The phrase “till death do us part” is eliminated from the vows and “I do” is replaced with saying “I did.”
Kk5E TIL Every year about 10,000 containers fall off ships to the sea
y4vM TIL More middle-aged Canadian men died by suicide in 2011 than by motor vehicle accidents, homicide, and HIV combined.
kJWgW TIL: crematoriums need to “ process “ fat people slower otherwise the fat turns to oil, which could leak and ignite the building.