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TIL the most senior officer to survive the Titanic also participated in evacuating soldiers off the coast of Dunkirk

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ekPE TIL that Saudi Arabian textbooks, which are used by Muslim schools around the world, teach students that homosexuals should be executed, that Jews are “Apes”, and that Christians are “Swine”–and these are the versions that have already been toned down and scrubbed for hate-inciting speech.
bvxa TIL that the longest movie ever, called The Cure for Insomnia was 87 hours of “artist L. D. Groban reading his 4,080-page poem "A Cure for Insomnia” over the course of three and a half days, spliced with occasional clips from heavy metal and pornographic videos.“
J1QZm TIL European food used to be spicy like Indian food
Lkol9 TIL Mexican president Adolfo Cortines granted women the right to vote in presidential elections and stimulated the Mexican economy during the period known as the Mexican Miracle. He always wanted to attend university but was forced to drop out at 16
NYb TIL intelligent people are less likely to have sex