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TIL that in the movie 'Titanic' , if you take away the modern-day scenes and the credits, the runtime is the same time it took for the real ship to sink (2 hours and 40 minutes).

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jNb0M TIL Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his dormitory while studying at Cambridge.
E1xr7 TIL The McDonnell Douglas F-15 can reach 30,000 ft (9,100m) in 60 seconds and has a thrust-to-weight ratio that allows the aircraft to accelerate while flying straight up. It is also the only aircraft to ever shoot down a satellite orbiting in space.
myKo TIL that Joe Bell, the father of a son that committed suicide from gay bullying, planned to walk across the entire continental United States within 2 years to spread awareness over bullying and its effects, but was killed after 6 months by getting hit by a semi-truck.
xVXRo TIL On the tiny island nation of Tuvalu, everyday for about two hours before sunset hundreds of Tuvaluans, young and old, meet on the international airport runway to just hang out
wLwl8 TIL that the Finnish in WWII had a battle cry (Tulta Munille!) Which translates to ‘Fire at their balls!’