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TIL workers on the sinking Titanic had their wages stopped the moment they hit the water

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e0ReJ TIL that five years before Superman was created there was a pulp fiction Superhero called 'Doc Savage'. He was known as 'The Man of Bronze,' and had a 'Fortress of Solitude ' in the Arctic. He had superhuman powers, though was not an alien. He was known as a Super Man, oh and his name was Clark.
e08eb TIL about Jason Vukovich, known as the “Alaskan Avenger,” who was convicted of using the state’s sex offender registry to track down offenders, break into their homes, and beat them with a hammer.
4Ya5 TIL That sleeping under a weighted blanket can help reduce insomnia and anxiety
awRN0 TIL the origin of the term “Love” as 0 in tennis is heavily disputed. The most common belief is that it originated from the french word for egg (L’oeuf) as the shape of the zero represented an egg
9w89Q TIL California is home to the tallest living object in the world. It’s a redwood tree named Hyperion that is 379.7 feet high.