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TIL that CNN has a video prepared to air at the end of the world

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EQ7o TIL The SS Californian was seen from the deck of Titanic as she sank, saw her distress flairs, heard her wireless calls and had warned Titanic of ‘Ice Ahead’ 3 times that day. Despite all this, Californian did not come to Titanic’s or her passengers aid as she sank. No one knows why.
jNWLj TIL that baseball players have tried to fool base runners into an out by using a fake ball made with a frozen, painted potato. The hidden potato trick has a hundred year history, and was last used in a 1987 minor league game.
woGW8 TIL A Minnesota burglar was caught after he used the victim’s computer to check his Facebook account and forgot to log out, leaving his profile on the screen for the victim to see.
KYDgR TIL A hiker was lost on a mountain for 24 hours and ignored calls, texts, and voicemail messages from rescuer teams because he didn’t recognize the phone number.
GAQQ1 TIL that Tony Bennett's first songwriting credit was for lyrics set to a Django Reinhardt tune on his final solo album, 2004's The Art of Romance. All prior songs he sung were written by others, and all subsequent Tony Bennett releases were credited collaborations.