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TIL that a town in Colorado offers an open air funeral pyre as an option instead of cremation or regular burial

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5YY9p TIL that in 1774 colonial Americans had the highest standard of living on earth and paid an average of 1.5% in taxes
91jQ TIL that when Theodore Roosevelt’s parents were unsatisfied with his and the other children’s command of German, they shipped them off to live in Dresden for 5 months with a German family
78oOP TIL: The (now disbanded) British Colour Council produced indexes of named colours for use by government, industry, academia, and horticulture... including colour B.C.C 20 – "N_gger Brown".
78E8X TIL: The National Park Service recommends wrapping the entire underside of your car in a tarp to protect against marmots in Sequioa National Park
X0wK6 TIL who else is in the LPGA Hall of Fame alongside New Zealand's Lydia Ko.