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

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b9LME TIL of the Thorpe Affair, where in 1975 the head of the British Liberal Party Jeremy Thorpe hired a hitman to kill his homosexual lover from the 1960’s causing one of the biggest scandals in British politics.
yQoXw TIL that the measly 20W signal from Voyager 1, the equivalent of a fridge light-bulb, can be distinguished from background radiation in the sky almost instantly, despite being 11 billion miles away
b9BEN TIL that when you sleep in a new environment your brain stays half-awake
kJwAe TIL about Western Sahara, the last African colony without its independence. After the U.N. pressured Spain to give the colony up in the 1970s they agreed to joint governance with two neighboring countries, only to trigger an uprising by the region's residents. The government is still disputed today.
W7YOd TIL That until 2001 many costumed workers at Disney parks had to wear communal underwear. This resulted in several cases of pubic lice and scabies doing the rounds of employees.