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TIL HOFer Andre Dawson is a mortician in Southern Florida helping families through grief during the pandemic.

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loa7B TIL Ice can have up to 18 crystalline phases, depending on pressure, temperature, and the process of formation. Hexagonal ice, the one most common on Earth, is very rare in outer space.
p8OZ TIL Some Paralympic athletes gain an unfair advantage by purposely injuring themselves on areas of their body with no feeling. It’s called “boosting” and the goal is to trick the body into triggering a kind of fight-or-flight response, and in doing so, increase performance.
NXX18 TIL: In 1999, a disgruntled airline pilot stole an airplane and crashed it into the airline's remaining working aircraft, effectively crippling the airline
xABg TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses teach their followers that a woman has to scream for help if she is being attacked by a rapist or she is considered guilty of “fornication”. This applies even if the rapist threatens to kill her if she screams.
9wgvD TIL in 1967 MAD Magazine printed $3 bills featuring Alfred E Neuman's face, which where used by readers to trick early automated coin change machines, and led to a visit from the US Treasury Department to MAD's office