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TIL that if you served, and survived, on the USS ARIZONA during the attack on Pearl Harbor, you can choose to be buried at sea with your crew mates. There are only 4 people left are eligible for this type of burial.

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7ryZr TIL that French organist and composer Louis Vierne died at the organ of Notre-Dame while giving a concert. Curiously enough, it was fulfilling his life-long dream.
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