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TIL that from 2009 to 2019, out of 212 cruise ship overboard incidents only 48 people were rescued.

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9wKrB TIL about the "Rabbit Test," a human pregnancy test created in 1931. It involved injecting urine from a woman into a female rabbit. If the rabbit's ovaries showed enlargement upon dissection, it indicated the woman was likely pregnant, with about a 98% certainty. This was utilized until the 1970s.
9Ym9B TIL that September 4th 1909, saw the first Boys Scout rally in Crystal Palace, South London. The gathering was organized by Baden-Powell & saw 11,000 boys in attendance. Amongst the thousands in attendance, a handful of girls crashed the event. Dressed in uniform, they called themselves Girl Scouts.
R581a TIL that 1 out of every 6 flights in the US is a private jet.
DEXV TIL Hillsdale College founded in 1844, known as the conservative Harvard, was the first college to have discrimination based on sex, religion, or race in admissions prohibited in its charter, and also refused to play in the 1956 Tangerine Bowl when its black players were not allowed on the field.
JYLR8 TIL that Sun Wukong from League of Legends was based off an actual Chinese Novel that dates back hundreds of years. And here I was thinking all those Chinese Mobile games featuring that monkey was ripping off LOL.