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TIL: That up to 42 Survivors of the USS Arizona have decided to have their ashes interred inside the wreckage. Only survivors are permitted this honor.

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geD8 TIL In Japan, death by overwork is so common that they have a word for it, “Karoshi”. Some examples of karoshi are: working 110 hours a week, working 3000 hours a year with no days off in 15 years, working 4320 hours a year, and working 34 hour shifts five times a month.
6p6Y TIL that when famed jeweler Harry Winston donated the 45 carat Hope Diamond, valued at $200 to $250 million USD, to the Smithsonian, he simply shipped it via the US Postal Service in a box wrapped in brown paper.
woZWJ TIL that the world’s oldest dog lived to 29.5 years old. While the median age a dog reaches tends to be about 10-15 years, the Australian cattle dog, ‘Bluey’, survived to the ripe old age of 29.5.
9kQ7 TIL that Afrikaans, spoken in South Africa, is the worlds youngest language
Yp1Av TIL that love hotels, while common in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, are rare in the United States.