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TIL when David Bowie died his ashes were scattered in Bali in accordance with Buddhist ritual.

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8a5yX TIL that about 450 people die a year by falling out of bed.
V870 TIL instead of signing their name on official documents, Japanese people carry around a unique stamp called a hanko which serves as their signature.
QNRY6 TIL the first emperor of China (221 - 210 BC), who built the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall, also built twelve monumental human statues that were 11.5 meters (38 feet) tall and weighed 30 tons each. The last of the statues were destroyed around 400 AD.
v1ogB TIL that Joseph Strauss, the chief engineer for the 1933-1937 construction of the Golden Gate bridge made safety a high priority on the project. It was the first construction site in America to require workers to wear hard hats.
OoZNL TIL that in 1937 a football match was interrupted due to fog. But the goalkeeper stood there for 20 minutes without knowing it.