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TIL during the last year of his life Jim Morrison would drink 3 bottles of whiskey per day

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GYLrE TIL about the "Herald of Free Enterprise," a ferry that capsized and killed 193 people because the crew forgot to close the bow doors.
l4eA TIL A 2011 survey showed that 42% of people would not want to know if a loved-one was experiencing depression, and 23% believed that depression is a ‘state of mind’, not an illness.
glBW TIL that in Quebec, Canada, KFC is called PFK (‘Poulet Frit Kentucky’ - French for 'Kentucky Fried Chicken’), whereas in France it is still called KFC.
8QrZ TIL Chocolate Diamonds are nothing more than unwanted diamonds just marketed well
4k4Mg TIL actor Matt Doherty, who played Les Averman in the Mighty Ducks films, didn't know how to skate or play hockey at all when he was cast in the first movie. By the time they shot the 3rd movie, he was captain of his high school hockey team and had been offered a scholarship to play in college.