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TIL It is so cold in Svalbard, they cannot properly bury anyone in a coffin, since the body won't decompose.

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oA7A TIL of the Catatumbo lightning storm of Venezuela.At least 300 days of the year a vast raging storm forms at the mouth of the Catatumbo River. It’s lightning, unequaled in strength, can be seen from 250 miles away and was used as a navigational beacon by colonial sailors.
l7O0G TIL the Japan Series (baseball) has been contested every year since 1950. The Central League champion has won 37 times and the Pacific League champion has won 37 times.
4XJy5 TIL Elsie the cow of Borden Dairy and Elmer the Bull of Elmer's Glue are married.
0dpp5 TIL that ogre-faced spiders' eyes gather light more efficiently than owls and cats, and that they burn out at sunrise and grow back at sunset.
awnjA TIL Joseph Faber invented Euphonia, an amazing device that simulated human speech in 1844; due to ridicule over his invention he destroyed it and himself in 1850