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TIL That in Titanic, Jack claims to have gone ice fishing on Lake Wissota, near Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Lake Wissota is a man-made reservoir which wasn’t created until 1917.

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1aNPO TIL: In the State of California sneaking into a movie theater, leaving an unpaid bill at a restaurant or using a ski slope without paying are all examples of the crime of "defrauding an innkeeper"
VML7p TIL Dave Grohl hoped to keep his anonymity when making his 1st record and recorded it all himself. He titled it Foo Fighters to lead people to think it was a group. Later he called it “the stupidest fucking band name in the world,” and would have reconsidered if he knew he was going to be successful
yG4p TIL that a young Richard Branson had his flight to the Virgin Islands cancelled, so he chartered a private airplane. Not having enough money to do so, he picked up a small blackboard, wrote “Virgin Airlines $29” on it, sold tickets for the rest of the seats, and used that money to pay for the ride.
Z8KXa TIL that in 2015 the CEO of U-Haul make his personal phone number public so he could hear the questions and concerns of his customers. Apparently he still answers calls!
Ry66 TIL of the Behistun Inscription. Much like the Rosetta Stone, which was crucial in deciphering hieroglyphics, the Behistun is a multilingual inscription that was the key to decoding cuneiform. It told the story of King Darius’ struggle for power as well as his conquests in Mesopotamia and Persia.