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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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8aa4Z TIL that if you find a worm in a wrapped chocolate bar, it is probably the Cocoa moth, Ephestia Elutella. When these moths are present in the factory, there’s a possibility their eggs are present in the finished product. The hatched larvae is discovered when someone bites into the chocolate.
E1lEo TIL the Vatican City drinks more wine per person than anywhere else in the world. Its residents consume an average of 74 litres (105 bottles) over the course of a year. About double the amount drunk by the average person in France or Italy, and triple the quantity consumed in the UK.
0wnRM TIL Joaquin Phoenix grew up in a cult involved with pedophilia and his parents traveled to Venezuela to recruit followers (not knowing about the pedophilia) - The Children of God
4xE5 TIL that Cape Canaveral is part of the Diocese of Orlando, making its Bishop technically Bishop of the Moon, according to the 1917 Code of Canon Law (“any newly discovered territory was placed under the jurisdiction of the diocese from which the expedition which discovered that territory left”)
9bQm TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger was not excited about making The Terminator and told an interviewer that a pair of shoes he had for the movie was for “…some shit movie I’m doing, take a couple weeks”. He considered the movie was low profile enough that it wouldn’t risk his career if it bombed.