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Eg4EP TIL of Annie Robinson, a stewardess who survived the sinking of The Titanic, but suffered from such strong PTSD, that she threw herself overboard to her death less than three years later on the SS Devonian, after she had a reaction to the sound of the ship's whistle.
7X4O TIL: There is a mountain in Australia named Mount Disappointment because the view from the top disappointed British explorers.
1an18 TIL that green olives and black olives are the same fruit, the green ones being picked before ripening and black ones let to ripen on the tree.
EgMVw TIL The world’s largest grand piano was built by a 15-year-old in New Zealand.
Wl1Y TIL the East India Trading company invaded Afghanistan in the 1840s, but ultimately lost after the Afghans annihilated a British/Indian force of over 16,000 soldiers, support staff, and civilians retreating from Kabul. The defeat has been named the worst British military disaster in history.