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TIL In 1994 U.S. Senator Howell Heflin accidentally wiped his nose with his wife’s panties in front of reporters

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VB1ep TIL that the word 'quarantine' originates from the Venetian word 'quarantena,' which means '40 days.' In the 14th century, ships arriving in Venice from plague-infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing to prevent the spread of the disease.
loBar TIL that there was a second Titanic. The Titanic was one of 3 ships called the Olympic Cruisers. The reason why the actual Titanic was called 'unsinkable' was because its sister ship, the Olympic, had a years history of crashing into stuff and refusing to go down.
Wkwko TIL in Spain, a thief found child pornography on some tapes he had stolen from a 64-year-old football coach, among other electrical goods. He left the incriminating tapes in an envelope for the police to find, notifying them of where he had burgled them from, leading to the coach being arrested.
oBny7 TIL that in the original Little Mermaid novel, the mermaid’s legs constantly feel as if she is walking on sharp knives. The prince likes to watch her dance, which she does for him, despite excruciating pain. Then he marries someone else and the mermaid kills herself.
6975m TIL in 1990 NASA turned the Galileo spacecraft towards Earth to look for signs of life