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TIL Last Christmas's royalties all go to charity

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b9RL0 TIL that while the punishment for an incelibate Vestal Virgin was to be buried alive, ancient Roman law forbade burials within the city. Offenders instead were entombed in small underground apartments with food and provisions, changing the legal definition to "descending into a habitable room."
JYV7k TIL the movie Die Hard was based on a book "Nothing Lasts Forever" where the main character is depicted as a disturbed hero from his Second World War fighter pilot days, and it is hinted that if he never got involved, fewer people might have been killed. At the end, he likely dies from his wounds.
ObZL TIL that according to the Inflation theory, our unobservable universe may be 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times larger than the already mind-bogglingly massive observable universe.
6EMA8 TIL sea otters have the densest fur in the world, with around 140,000 hairs per sq cm
p8WrZ TIL that billionaire Warren Buffett still lives in the house he bought before he was rich, and still eats breakfast at McDonalds almost everyday.