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TIL: Exploding Casket Syndrome occurs when gases from a decomposing body inside an airtight casket cause a pressure buildup resulting in the phenomenon.

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x6vn7 TIL that the famous psychologist Sigmund Freud suggested that addictions, including tobacco, were substitutes for masturbation.
4WKg TIL A 66-year-old hiker, who became lost on the Appalachian Trail, kept a journal documenting her 26-day ordeal before succumbing to lack of food and exposure. In one entry, she pleaded “When you find my body, please call my husband and daughter.”
J1l74 TIL that during the Vietnam War, the Battle of Hamburger Hill was named by American soldiers who felt the intense, grinding combat was like being “chewed up like hamburger meat.” Fought over Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley, the battle resulted in high casualties after ten days of fierce fighting.
Zr0D TIL despite having more than twice the number of stars, the Andromeda galaxy is still not as dense as the Milky Way. We have more dark matter.
EgKxP TIL a 22-year-old high school JV girls basketball coach in Virginia lost her job after she played in a game by posing as a 13-year-old on the team who was out of town. Upon being reported, the team forfeited the game and the players (both JV & varsity) voted to cancel the rest of their seasons.