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TIL that cremation adds about 360000 metric tons of CO2 into the air a year. The same as approximately 78000 autos per year

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rNJ64 TIL During the Vietnam War over 8 million tons of bombs were dropped on South East Asia or 1 every 8 minutes
9nKX TIL tap water from ancient Rome likely contained up to 100 times more lead than local spring water. Some historians link fall of the Western Roman Empire to lead poisoning
awbBA TIL that despite having some of the top physicists in the world, including Werner Heisenberg, Nazi Germany was unable to build a nuclear weapon partly because they did not want to affiliate with "Jewish Physics" causing many scientists to defect to the US to help with the Manhattan project.
PYrZO TIL in the 1920s Helene Adelaide Shelby patented a device to help obtain criminal confessions. The suspect was confronted by a human skeleton with glowing red eyes and the interrogator would talk through the skeleton via megaphone. A camera in the skull would record the confessions.
8x5Z TIL that the 2000 Nickelodeon TV-movie ‘Cry Baby Lane’ was considered lost for over a decade, until 2011, when a Reddit post about the film prompted a user to find his recorded VHS copy, making it available online. This positive reaction to the film inspired Nickelodeon to re-air it later that year.