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til: Cruise ships have their own Brig and Morgue as well as a few other surprising amenities.

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VMK1Z TIL until 1929, less than 100 years ago, man didn't know there were other galaxies outside of the Milky Way. Edwin Hubble and his "computer", a woman named Henrietta Leavitt calculated stars called cepheids could accurately measure long distances, proving the Andromeda "nebula" was a separate galaxy
xV85w TIL if in 2001 you bought $399 in Apple stock instead of buying the original iPod, today that stock would be worth $65,000
v1vxL TIL happy cows actually do produce better milk. Higher levels of serotonin (a chemical associated with feelings of happiness), led to improved blood calcium in cows, reducing chance of disease and improving nutritional quality of the milk.
ErEX TIL A South Korean Samsung worker committed suicide on Oct 2013 in protest against poverty wages and harsh working conditions. Choi was struggling to keep his family fed and was skipping meals to keep up with his hectic workload, which began at 7am and ended at 9pm EACH day.
ARWx TIL that in 1990, Jon Hamm brutally assaulted a pledge of the Sigma Nu fraternity by setting fire to the pledge’s underwear and forcing him around by his testicles with the claw of a hammer.