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TIL for $2000 you can send your cremated remains into space and track its orbit with a mobile app.

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vPZxj TIL Ruby and Sapphire are the same mineral, Corundum, a type of Aluminum Oxide. The only difference are contaminants that give the stone its color.
aMNL TIL that in 1763, a vigilante group, the Paxton Boys, massacred the Conestoga indian tribe, near Lancaster Pennsylvania. The few native american survivors were put in jail as protective custody, the jail was broken into and the indians were slaughtered.
XRGQ TIL despite being one of the most homophobic countries in the world, Pakistan ranks at No. 1 for gay porn searches.
groQW TIL Jimmy Carter has won 3 Grammys
W7kDA TIL there's a fake American Wild West town in England, called Laredo, built by re-enactors, who bring it to life every other weekend.