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TIL in China “body fishers” keep the dead bodies of bridge jumpers until customers come to buy the remains of their loved ones.

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mx8Rv TIL that Leicester City Council in England was forced to admit that it was 'not ready' for a zombie invasion by a concerned citizen.
RZ48 TIL school buses are yellow because yellow is seen faster than any other color, and seen 1.24 times faster than red.
oQVY TIL a scientist got a call from his dad saying that the wetlands they used to visit together were extremely polluted and would disappear. He went back and created a recovery project. Paying 90% of expenses by himself he started to clean the lake, and 3 years later thousands of birds had returned.
Z8NPG TIL, by Washington's first inauguration, he only had a single remaining tooth to which awkward dentures were attached. As he aged, people mistook his increasing lack of conversation as him being distant and unfriendly when, in reality, he was simply trying to keep his dentures from falling out
0wJdR TIL the pocket calculator, patented in 1967, was one of the earliest uses of rechargable batteries. One of the creators, Jerry Merryman, saw it not just as a pocket calculator, but as an "electionic revolution," bringing buttons, thermal printing, and rechargable batteries to the forefront.