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TIL that scattering of human ashes at Disneyland and Disney World happens so frequently park employees have a special code to report it for cleanup.

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aw1DN TIL about Edward Carter, among the first and only black MOH winners, who got it 50+ years after action, and 30+ after his death.
9wrkB TIL that Norfolk Southern (rail freight company) partnered with other organizations to build and operate an entirely battery powered freight locomotive back in 2007
moWM TIL that congressional approval for the first Gulf War was effected by the testimony of a Kuwaiti nurse who claimed to have witnessed Iraqi soldiers pulling babies out of incubators and throwing them on the floor to die. This never happened. The nurse was not a nurse. She was coached by a PR firm.
J1Okj TIL one of Richard Nixon's favorite snacks was cottage cheese sprinkled with Lawry's Seasoned Salt.
loJ6B TIL Frank Zappa was a futurist who was enthusiastic for the possibility of holographic imagery. So much so that he recorded footage of himself in the early 70s with the intention to be used when technology got to that point. A Frank Zappa holographic tour using that footage starts next year.