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TIL of the ship MS Hans Hedtoft which hit an iceberg in January 1959. After sending urgent SOS messages, the ship then sunk in a matter of hours with all 59 aboard perishing. It is the most recent ship to have been sunk with casualties by an iceberg.

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16oAO TIL there is a legend that Gibraltar will remain British as long as the local macaque monkey population exists. During WWII the population dwindled to only 7, and Churchill ordered their numbers to be replenished because of this belief
QPb9 TIL when Jim Henson died, Disney Imagineers sent a drawing of Mickey Mouse consoling Kermit the Frog to his mourning company.
neLB TIL that one of Australia’s most decorated snipers was initially barred from joining the Army during WW1 because of his race. He was only accepted after a recruitment officer reclassified him as “White.”
awlXN TIL that the spaniards destroyed an Inca temple and built a cathedral on the temples foundations. Later, an earthquake completely destroyed the Spanish-made cathedral but left the foundations of the temple intact.
kQpg TIL there was a roman god of penises, and his sacrificial animal was the ass.