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TIL A company in Georgia, USA will mix your ashes following your cremation with cement and drop it to the bottom of the ocean to form an artificial reef.

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O7DR TIL the welcome sign to Kurt Cobain’s hometown reads “Welcome to Aberdeen. Come as You Are.”
oBVBo TIL Skin from the Tilapia fish is used to treat burn victims in Brazil. The treatment proved to be effective enough that veterinarians across California used The fish skin to treat the animals that were burned during the wildfires
6mbX TIL that Akon’s full name is Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam.
9wWMM TIL: Playboy Magazine’s name was inspired by a car company
P1bdJ TIL that the Norden Bombsight used by US Bomber aircraft in WWII cost $1.1 billion to research and produce, about half as much as the Manhattan Project and over a quarter of the cost of all B-17 bombers manufactured. While successfully precise in Stateside testing it was far less accurate in combat.