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TIL 1/3 of Harvard students are legacies.

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l7EQG TIL in 1915, the USS Eastland cruise ship was retrofitted with additional lifeboats due to new regulations following The Titanic disaster. The additional top-heavy weight caused it to sink before it left port, killing 844 passengers.
kO1GE TIL Lady Godiva, a medieval noblewoman made a deal with her husband to ride through town on horse, naked, in exchange for lower public taxes. She did, but told everyone to look away. One man … Tom … took a peek and was then struck blind. This is the origin of the term “Peeping Tom”
E1ALd TIL even National Television Network of Japan didn't dare to mess with Disney and their lawyers because they were terrified about what they would do to them in return when similarities between Atlantis and Nadia were strong enough for its production company Gainax to sue for plagiarism.
BrlXb TIL two girls, an 11 year old and a 12 year old, brought kitchen knives, pocket knives, and a pizza cutter to school in order to "sacrifice" classmates and get closer to Satan.
RGx9 TIL Two US Soldiers were killed by North Korea, while trying to trim down a tree that obscured their view. 3 days later, a task force of 813 troops entered Korea and chopped it down.