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kOaOm TIL that cruise ships have morgues in them. On average, roughly 200 people die on cruise ships each year so most ships have the capacity to store up to 10 bodies at a time
YpLGA TIL of Pushball, a game invented in 1894 as an alternative to the "dull" game of football. The ball was 6 ft wide and weighed 50 pounds.
4W6N TIL Norway started building a “highway for bees” in 2015. The bee-friendly corridor in Oslo passes through places where bees like to both live and feed, and features feeding stations.
AD06o TIL Brendan Fraser pays $900,000 a year in alimony to his ex-wife Afton Smith. They got separated in 2008…
6EJgl TIL Doo-wop is considered to be one of the precursors of Punk, with bands like The Ramones borrowing the 12-bar aab pattern, and some early bands adopting the call-and-response background vocals characteristic of Doo-wop.