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TIL that an optical illusion caused due to super light refraction may have prevented the Titanic from spotting the iceberg in time and also the closest freighter SS Californian from identifying the ocean liner when it was sinking

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EAv7 TIL that when pregnant women die, gasses expelled from decomposition can cause vaginal ejection of the fetus, a phenomenon known as ‘coffin birth.’
D1xLJ TIL That if you've ever worked for the CIA you are forbidden from ever working for the Peace Corps. There's only a 10 year ban if you worked for any of the other U.S. intelligence departments.
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Wk6BB TIL a German woman and her son on Christmas Eve 1944 fed and sheltered 3 American and 4 German soldiers in her small cabin in the Huertgen forest. Both sides disarmed themselves for that night, and the next morning the Germans gave their adversaries a compass and directions before leaving.
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