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TIL that in the UK you cannot cremate an amputated limb until its owner is dead, due to the Cremation Regulations act 2008, part 19(b)(i)

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460o TIL in 1999 Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow light down to 37 miles an hour, and was later able to stop light completely.
ZYyD TIL that during the Falklands War, British soldier Philip Williams was knocked unconscious by an explosion. When he awoke the next day he was lost and walked aimlessly for months. He was declared dead before being found 7 weeks after the end of hostilities. He was unaware the conflict had ended.
b68QN TIL that harvard is named after it's first benefactor. JOHN HARVARD, a clergyman who assumed the role of a minister in colonial new england. his deathbed bequest to 'schoale or colledge' is so gratefully received that masachusetts bay colony ordered the college to be bamed after him.
0d4VA TIL Mork & Mindy scripts were shorter than most because of Robin Williams' improv. Sections would be notated with "Robin will do something here"
b6pD9 TIL that in 2018, MIT scientists created a plane powered by an Ion drive. The plane had no moving parts and was able to fly 60 metres powered solely by a flow of ions generated through electrodynamics which created thrust.