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TIL that over 99.8% of deceased Japanese are cremated at their funeral (mostly to save space).

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GALaG TIL that only 1 song used in the film Singin' in the Rain was entirely new. All of the other songs, including Singin' in the Rain, had already been used in previous films in one form or another.
x6JMk TIL that the air in Europe is more radioactive. It's a health hazard and it's the second cause of lung cancer
j68gE TIL that in 2006, a man named Gregory W. Nemitz legally claimed ownership of asteroid 433 Eros and sent NASA a $20 parking ticket for landing the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft on "his" property.
VMD0Q TIL that the Goodyear Blimp was declared the official bird of the city of Redondo Beach, California