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TIL there is a World War I fighter plane on top of a skyscraper in Manhattan

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R7R64 The first modern crematory was built in the U.S. in 1876. A second came eight years later. By 1900, there were 20. The practice got another boost in 1963 when the Catholic Church reversed its opinion on cremation during the Vatican II reforms and said cremation was permitted (though ash scattering was not). Four decades ago, less than 5 percent of American were cremated when they died. Now that figure stands at nearly half.

1a9Er TIL that the film Eurotrip was filmed entirely in Prague, Czech Republic. (Scenes in the US were at the International School of Prague; the Paris railway station was actually Prague railway station; Vatican City was actually Prague's National Museum)

wA5P TIL the phrase “status quo” is derived from the Latin phrase “in statu quo res erant ante bellum,” meaning “in the state in which things were before the war.”

Qp TIL Actress Lucy Liu Claims To Have Had Sex With A Ghost.

bVwp TIL, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a millionaire by the age of 30 from successful business ventures and investments, well before his career in Hollywood.