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TIL there are labor unions for gravediggers, and sometimes they go on strike.

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Zj0a TIL another human could be living inside you. Many people are biological “chimera” without realising it, because their body absorbed an unborn sibling soon after conception.
EBEw TIL of Ewa Wiśnierska, a German paraglider that survived lightning, pounding hail, -40°C temperatures and oxygen deprivation after a storm system sucked her to an altitude higher than Mount Everest.
GYpW7 TIL a casino was hacked into by exploiting a smart fish tank that was connected to the internet
9v5r TIL that in 2005 capuchin monkeys were taught how to use money. The monkeys used the money to buy sex from other monkeys.
M7Ll7 TIL that Syrtaki, the folk dance most commonly associated with Greece was originally choreographed for a 1964 film