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TIL that when the cruise ship MV Aurora was christened the champagne bottle did not smash, an occurrence considered a bad omen. It has since had two Norovirus outbreaks, broke down during a 103-day world cruise costing its parent company £25m, and was caught up in the 9/11 attacks.

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woGkP [TIL]The FBI is struggling to find good hackers because of marijuana rules
94gQ Today I learned of the horseshoe theory which “ asserts that rather than the far left and the far right being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear political continuum, they in fact closely resemble one another, much like the ends of a horseshoe.” (the picture helps)
xjZk TIL that Hitler tore up the German constitution after he declared the burning of the Reichstag as a terrorist operation that allowed him to kill his enemies, wage war and is widely seen as a false flag operation.
bpO7 TIL, before the company was seized by federal regulators in 2008, the final CEO of Washington Mutual made $19 million at the position. His tenure was less than three weeks.
J1KYB TIL About King Kahekili of Maui, and about how he Tatooed half his body black and nearly beat Kamehameha at Uniting the Hawaiian islands