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TIL that fast-turnaround movies based on real disasters aren't new. The first film about the Titanic was released 29 days after it sank, starring an actress who was a real life survivor of the event. It is considered a 'lost film' after all copies were destroyed in a fire in 1914.

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ZYjB TIL of a man who survived the fire and sinking of a ship in 1871, leaving him emotionally scarred. 41 years later, he was finally able to overcome his fears and nightmares, deciding to sail again… only to die in the sinking of that new ship: The Titanic.
vPBd4 TIL that when Dana White and the Fertittas, purchased the UFC from its previous owners in 2001 for $2 million, they received only the brand name and an old octagon, other assets were already sold off including the domain name UFC.com which had been sold to a company named 'User Friendly Computers"
0jnv TIL the very first vlogger started in 1999, and is still going today, with only 1,206 subscribers.
wjyM TIL that in the Victorian era they had special tea cups that protected your mustache from getting dunked in your tea.
VBonG TIL if you get something delivered that you didn't order, you're legally entitled to keep it as a free gift