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TIL the unclaimed remains of over 400 Jonestown Massacre victims are buried together in an Oakland, CA, cemetery.

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grAD TIL all aircraft in the Israeli airline El-Al are equipped with flares to protect against missiles.
kJ6Nm TIL that the Catholic church’s 1587 ruling that establishes the principle that impotents and eunuchs can’t marry is titled ‘Cum frequenter’
7rVB7 TIL Heating oil is diesel fuel. It is dyed red to indicate that it is not legal to burn in a diesel vehicle because the red dye indicates that there were no road taxes paid with it.
AX8o TIL police in more than half of U.S. states collect a DNA sample from people arrested and not yet even convicted. Check to see if your state is one of them.
aw78J TIL The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family’s 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.