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TIL in 1996 the ‘Titanic’ crew accidentally ate PCP spiked clam chowder

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6Emy8 TIL Spain invaded and attempted to colonize Cambodia in the 1590s
XE5JQ TIL As owner of Seattle Supersonics billionaire Howard Schultz gave out $3.50 Starbucks gift cards to employees as a holiday gift.
nWD8Y TIL that Richard Norris Williams survived the Titanic disaster, was told his legs should be amputated due to severe frostbite, but refused—and went on to win the U.S. National Tennis Championships.
grMly TIL during the Titanic's sinking, Lucile Carter and her children was separated from her husband William. When she met him again on the rescue ship Carpathia, "All he said was that he had had a jolly good breakfast and that he never thought I would make it." They divorced less than two years later.
p89pZ TIL Augustus Caesar is estimated at having a net worth of $4.6 trillion because he “personally owned all of Egypt”