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TIL almost all of the early cryogenically preserved bodies were thawed and disposed of after the cryonic facilities went out of business

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QJLeL TIL that when the mummy of Ramesses II was flown to Paris for examinations in 1974, it was issued an Egyptian passport listing his occupation as "King (deceased)".
16WeP TIL: During WW2, Japan attempted to invade the continental U.S. with balloons.
rN0xe TIL motoring journalist Chris Harris got temporarily blacklisted from reviewing or buying Ferraris after publishing an article in which he accused the company of specially tuning their press cars to perform significantly better in magazine reviews than the production cars customers were buying.
OopKg TIL Doctor Who actor Patrick Troughton left his wife months after she gave birth to their third child, to live with his girlfriend - with whom he had three children. He maintained a deception of having stayed with his original family and his own mother died unaware of the truth 24 years later
R5517 TIL that the Oscar Academy wanted to give Dead Man's Chest an award/nomination for make-up, not digital effects because they were fooled into thinking that Davy Jones was Bill Nighy wearing make-up and rubber tentacles. They had to convince them it was 100% CGI.