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TIL there is a town in Arizona called Nothing, and nobody lives in it

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1aRbW TIL Zoroastrian funerals involve a ritual called sagdid (dog-sight). A dog was brought in before the body. If the dog stares steadily at the body, the person is still alive. If it doesn't look at the body, death is confirmed. This was useful in ensuring that a coma was not being mistaken for death.
e0k4g TIL Ice cream must contain 10% dairy milkfat and no more than 100% overrun (amount of air whipped into the base, doubling volume) to prevent unscrupulous manufacturers selling an ice cream product that is mainly air instead of cream. For example, gelato is generally more dense due to 20-30% overrun.
wLjB8 TIL In Kansas, it is illegal to hunt whales, even though it is located in the middle of the country with no coastline in sight.
d8odd TIL a study conducted between 2007 & 2017 found that young adults are having less casual sex, mainly because they're drinking less, but also because of an increase in gaming, & more of them having to live with their parents.
x6elw TIL that Bulgarian scientist Victor Ninov fraudulently claimed to have discovered two new chemical elements (116 and 118) while working at Berkley. Later investigations found he had also falsified evidence for elements 110,111, and 112, but escaped consequence as real elements were soon found.