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TIL that Bertha Mulvihill a survivor of the titanic had written stuff like: “What time did you hear of the disaster? I AM SO GLAD I WAS IN IT… The scene was awful. Don’t think me mad to be happy to witness the sight… I am awfully happy-like the night I was born-never felt happier in my life”

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nWvNP TIL about Finland's national sport Pesäpallo. Similar to baseball except for vertical pitches, zigzag shaped path, and communication via multicolored fan.
Pbag TIL Apple, Google, Microsoft, and several other large corporations have agreed to not hire each others employees in order to stop employees wage bargaining potential, Facebook refused to take part.
b9ylQ TIL Tony Iommi lost the tips of his right middle- and ring-fingers in an industrial accident, leading him to down-tune the strings to ease playing and bending, thus contributing to Black Sabbath's unique, heavy metal sound
R78P1 TIL the common tumbleweed which is used to symbolize the American frontier is an invasive plant species from Russia. The only two states that have not been infested are Alaska and Florida.
P1a0w TIL the vulture population of India has fallen from 40 million to only 19,000 in just 30 years. This has been attributed to livestock being administered a drug poisonous to the bird, and has resulted in livestock formerly eaten by vultures now left to rot in fields, contaminating the water supply.