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TIL After the sinking of the RMS Titanic (1500 lives claimed), a federal law was passed requiring a complete set of lifeboats. The added weight of the new lifeboats caused an already top heavy SS Eastman to rollover killing 844 people while still docked in the Chicago River.

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QNJ7e TIL about Joseph of Cupertino, a Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian saint. He was prone to miraculous levitation. He was deemed disruptive by his superiors and church authorities, however, and eventually was confined to a small cell, forbidden from joining in any public gatherings.
OGNPX TIL that a man in New Zealand was given the title of "Official Wizard of New Zealand " which was given to him by Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mike Moore in 1990. In 2021, the City of Christchurch took the title away after decades.
l75wG TIL that Phil Collins spontaneously sang the lyrics to "In the Air Tonight". They were completely improvised and he didn't write them down until after singing them for the first time, on a piece of paper (which he still has) from his decorator.
WkaA9 TIL that there is a dog-bone shaped asteroid named Kleopatra. It also has 2 moons named Alexhelios and Cleoselene.
1aBj8 TIL that Charlie Chaplin made the Hitler mocking film, "The Great Dictator", in 1940 using his own money because none of the Hollywood studios were comfortable irking the Germans as they had financial relations with them. The film is said to be one of the greatest works of Charlie Chaplin.