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TIL that a micromort is a unit of risk defined as one-in-a-million chance of death. Micromorts can be used to measure riskiness of various day-to-day activities

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P1mKZ TIL there are funeral services for animals, and you can choose whether you want the Christian or Buddhism style of the funeral
PYngJ TIL a cat named Moon Unit disappeared from a London New Year’s Eve party in 2007 and was found eight years later—in Paris.
WkdDL TIL that urine isn’t sterile.
gMkN4 TIL the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is elected by writing the names of the top three candidates, putting them in a box and having a five-year old child draw blindly one of the names.
epmGk TIL that in competitive chess, if you want to adjust a piece that has been knocked over or jostled away from the center of its square, you use the French terms "J'adoube", which also means "I nominate (to a position)" and "I bestow knighthood upon (someone)".