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TIL that the first officer in the movie Titanic who accepted a bribe, shot a passenger, and then committed suicide is actually a hero and memorialized in his hometown in Dalbeattie, Scottland. The town was so distraught, a Fox exec flew over to present a donation to the local high school.

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XE5rk TIL moonbows exist. They are rare, much fainter than rainbows and appear white to the human eyes, but are as colourful as normal rainbows.
LKwP TIL The Parents’ Television Council named Dawson’s Creek as the worst show of 97-98 and 98-99, in part due to ‘references to pornography and condoms, and the show’s acceptance of homosexuality.’
OgVe TIL that the saying ‘to take with a grain of salt" comes from Pliny the Elder, who wrote about an antidote for a certain poison, having as one of its ingredients a measure of salt. He thought that if an antidote involved salt, then the poison itself should be regarded less seriously than normal.
WOnY TIL:Ferruccio Lamborghini, founder of Lamborghini started off by manufacturing tractors. He bought a Ferrari once and after finding the clutch to be ‘inferior’ he went to Enzo Ferrari to ask for a better one. He was dismissed as a ‘Tractor maker’. Ferruccio decided to start off his own car company.
jNAYX TIL that during his presidency Richard Nixon set up the "Political Enemies Project", with the purpose of compiling a list of people that he didn't like, and "use the available federal machinery to screw them". The list even included celebrities like John Lennon, Bill Cosby and Steve McQueen.