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TIL Prince shares several songwriting credits with his father

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ojAE TIL that a US passport effectively expires 6 months before its actual expiration date, banning travelers from entering many countries
b9lRj TIL of Hart Island, AKA “Island of the Dead”, off the coast of New York City. It’s the largest tax-funded cemetery in the world with over 1 million unclaimed bodies. The bodies are buried by prisoners from Rikers Island. All graves are unmarked. Nobody is allowed on.
9wrbr TIL about Father Yod, a cult leader that was a fighter pilot in WW2, robbed several banks, opened one of the first vegan restaurants, and started a psychedelic rock band
BgBbL TIL that the remains of the Vietnam War’s representative at America’s Tomb of the Unknown were finally identified 14 years after he was first entombed.
KnOQ TIL Olivia Netwon-John is the granddaughter of Nobel physicst Max Born and she sang at his 125th birthday celebration in Germany. Although she has never met her grandfather, she often heard her mother speak highly of him