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TIL one airport (SAV) in the US has 2 headstones embedded in the runway from an expansion where the next of kin refused to exhume the bodies of a small family cemetery

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pY8xA TIL of the "preparedness paradox" where if a disaster is avoided through planning and vigilance, people will doubt that the preparation was necessary
4kKGX TIL people are marrying avatars on their Replika app.
KBXB TIL Google avoided $2 billion in taxes in 2012, by transferring royalty payments from its Irish and Dutch subsidiaries to a Bermuda unit, which was simply headquartered in a local law firm.
mxPRE TIL the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago had 193 murders in 1 year and only has a population of 26,000
ndb9 TIL Paul McCartney, a Weird Al Yankovic fan, refused Yankovic permission to record a parody of Wings’ “Live and Let Die”, titled “Chicken Pot Pie”, because McCartney didn’t want to condone eating meat.