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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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OoxpX TIL of Hans Munch - the good man of Auschwitz - the only doctor who refused to participate in the selection process. He created elaborate, safe, experiments to keep his subjects from being exterminated. He is the only person to be acquitted at the Auschwitz Trials.
grEA TIL that George Carlin, Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey were pallbearers for Rodney Dangerfields funeral.
OoBl7 TIL a man was told to take off his white shoes before entering a Komodo Dragon enclosure so that they weren’t mistaken for mice. The Dragon bit the shoeless man’s foot and the man lost a toe
R76E4 TIL: During WWII, armies deployed Searchlight Units to aide night time movement, detect enemies and dazzle enemies. They were called "Moonlight Batteries". On cloudy nights, the units could bounce the light off clouds to provide diffuse lighting.
ZpAMG TIL that in March of 1910 Harry Houdini was the first aviator to fly over Australian soil. He is also the first aviator to have film documentation of his flights. After his Australian tour, Houdini never flew again.