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TIL Shia Labeouf's Big Apology For Plagiarizing His Apologies Was Plagiarized

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GA6r5 TIL that James Abercrombie, a Texas oil driller, invented the first reliable blowout preventer in 1926. It allowed drillers to control pressure and stop deadly oil well explosions, saving lives and changing the oil industry forever.
4X61R TIL all proceeds made by Bad Wolves' rock cover of "Zombie" are being donated to the children of Dolores O'Riordan, the late singer of The Cranberries.
nW87 TIL astronauts have a patch of Velcro inside their helmet so they can scratch their nose.
dDwBQ TIL about the 1886 short story “How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid Atlantic by a Survivor”, which served as a cautionary tale about the dangers of ships having too few lifeboats. Its author, William Thomas Stead, later died during the Titanic sinking in 1912.
x6EP7 TIL: The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) not only issues ratings to video games based on their content, but also enforces advertising guidelines adopted by the video game industry