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TIL Donating a loved ones body to science is a free way to get cremated remain back.

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mxQby TIL When Frank Sinatra collapsed on stage in 1994, his fans in audience included doctors and a half dozen of them ran up on stage to assist Sinatra
eQZE TIL the Australian Mk 3 Centurion 169041 was nicknamed “The Atomic Tank” due to it surviving a 9.1kt blast from 460m away. The tank was simply driven off after the test and went on to spend another 23 years in service, including time in the Vietnam war.
WB99 TIL that growing up, Samuel L. Jackson had a strong stutter. To try and overcome it, he would pretend to be people who didn’t have stutters. When his stuttering got particularly bad, he would counter it by instead saying his favourite word - ‘motherfucker’
9YYXB Short answer: Sadly, yes
9YMQM TIL: When former slave Jordan Anderson was asked to come back and work for his old master, he replied with a deadpan letter asking for 52 years' back pay as proof of good faith. The letter has been described as a rare example of documented "slave humor" of the period.