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TIL that you must be at least three nautical miles from the U.S. coast to legally scatter human remains in the ocean or to bury someone at sea, according to federal law. You must also notify the EPA within 30 days.

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GApe1 TIL That First Lady Abigail Powers Filmore was the Teacher to 13th US President Millard Filmore Prior to marrying him
Y7Mx TIL that in 1914 Joseph Goldberger discovered the Cause of the disease Pellagra, but no one would recognize his findings.
vmlK TIL strangling and choking are not the same thing. Strangling cuts off blood flow through the neck, while choking cuts off air flow.
Z9rD TIL that in 2010 in the United States, 3 out of every 5 people who died from gunshot wounds took their own life
e00GJ TIL there is a dog with a cyst in its ear that looks like Trump