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TIL that in 2016, Celine Dion stood near the open casket of her deceased husband for 7 hours to greet and comfort complete strangers who had arrived to pay their respects at the public visitation held on the eve of his funeral. She was only expected to stay for 30 minutes.

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VMGx8 TIL about the long-distance bed pushing craze that swept across colleges, where people mounted beds on wheels and pushed them far as they could go. The farthest record holder is students from Pennsylvania's St. Vincent College who pushed a bed in laps around a shopping center for 1,980 miles in 1979
omdL TIL That the reason penguins waddle is because it is the most efficient way to move so they burn less fat.
aPRJ TIL that in 2014, more people died in Mexico as a result of armed conflict than in Pakistan or Sudan, both regions with active, military conflicts.
pYmEQ TIL There is a fruit in South Africa that tastes like chocolate pudding...
ndZY TIL a madman in San Francisco declared himself, “Emperor of America and Protector of Mexico.” The people were such good sports about it that they honored his regal decrees and the currency he created was widely accepted around the city. 30,000 attended his funeral