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TIL canaries were used in coal mines to detect carbon monoxide

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EgrMx TIL There's such a thing as "Winter Bees"
vPNX7 TIL that Eric Braedon, the actor who portrayed John Jacob Astor in the 1997 Titanic film, survived the MV Wilhelm Gustloff sinking