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TIL “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion from the movie Titanic was playing in the dining hall when the Costa Concordia crashed in 2012

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jN59n TIL of the Johnson gang. Travelling criminals from Gloucestershire, UK who specialised in stealing fine art and antiques from English country manors over a period of 20 years. The goods they stole are valued between £30 - £80 million. The gang were sentenced to a total of 49 years in prison in 2008.
p8L44 TIL Batfish is a species of fish that doesn't swim. They instead use their pec muscles to "walk" along the ocean floor.
9jbB TIL “The Nightman Cometh,” the musical Charlie writes in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, was adapted into a live-action performance for two nights at the Troubadour theater in 2009. It starred the original cast and began with title cards reading “7:15, On a Friday, Philadelphia PA.”
jXma TIL Jif natural peanut butter has to be labeled as “peanut butter spread” because it doesn’t meet the FDA requirements for peanut content–its “non-peanut ingredients” exceed 10 percent.
j6dWp TIL There was no hot water supply on board Apollo Lunar module or Command module so all meals were served cold. Astronauts Scott and Irwin all asked for more food to be brought as walking on the Moon required huge reserves of energy and stamina