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TIL that there are about three million shipwrecks lying on the ocean floor.

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LkKJm TIL the United States Senate used the same gavel from 1789-1954, until then Vice President, Richard Nixon, broke it during a particularly heated debate on nuclear energy.
R7dg7 TIL Julie Andrews was the lead in the original Broadway production of “My Fair Lady”, but not in the 1964 film due to not being well-known enough; the role eventually went to Audrey Hepburn. Andrews won the 1965 Best Actress Oscar over Hepburn for playing Mary Poppins.
nW6kB TIL Robert Shaw, who played Quint in Jaws, died at age 51 when he was driving with his wife and son in Ireland. He suddenly got ill, stopped the car, got out and collapsed on the roadside.
EorX TIL Sugar Ray Robinson tried to back out of his title fight with Jimmy Doyle after having a dream that he killed him in the ring. A priest and minister convinced him not to back out, and Jimmy Doyle died the night of the fight after being knocked out in the eighth round.
gmvX TIL It’s illegal to own pet hamsters in Hawaii.