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TIL that a Roman woman in the Netherlands was buried in a sarcophagus decorated to look like her house… from the inside.

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P0KO TIL that the word “Aibohphobia”, meaning “fear of palindromes”, is a joke word deliberately constructed to be one.
wGG8 TIL that in World War II, American soldier John R. Fox died when he deliberately called an artillery strike on himself. Realizing that German troops were overrunning his party’s position, the strike delayed the enemy long enough for other American units to organize a counter attack.
ZlQQ TIL In Japan, if someone is photographed or filmed while handcuffed, their hands have to be pixelated if used on TV or in the newspapers.
Y7ZBG TIL there is a variant of insomnia that might break out in your 40s and kills you within months.
4XOyg TIL In 1935 a seaplane carrying two million rubles in cash vanished in a remote part of Siberia. The wreckage and remains of the crew were found 80 years later. There was no sign of the cash.