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Owj4 TIL Alpacas can die of loneliness, when bought they always need to be bought in pairs.
0dvVN TIL of the HMS Royal George, the largest warship in the world at the time of her launch in 1756. Her sinking near Portsmouth killed more than 800 people, making it one of the most deadly maritime disasters in British territorial waters. Many who died were women and children, visiting family onboard.
mxNRR TIL in 2005, Facebook approached artist David Choe him with a proposition, Facebook asked Choe to paint his famous murals on the office walls for $60,000 or company stock. Choe choice the stock and it's now estimated worth is $200,000,000
rg54 TIL that photographer Michal Huniewicz overrode his camera’s firmware to hide & not delete photos while he was in North Korea. He did this because guards & officials would take his camera from time to time & delete photos. This override allowed him to bring back these rare pictures of North Korea.
XEk1X TIL the children's cartoon Arthur is still producing new episodes and is on its 21st season, and has been running longer than South Park