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TIL giant ice structures were discovered under the ice sheet in Greenland

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x6ln5 TIL when a brig hit an iceberg in 1849 (Hannah), Captain Shaw and his first and second officers took the only lifeboat. They abandoned the 200 passengers and eventually won in court.
V8PD TIL that the greek origin of the word “idiot” was used to mean someone who did not participate in politics and public affairs
ep0Lb TIL about an expiriment called "the wave" conducted at a highschool in california, that explained why the germans around the Nazis didnt do anything about them murdering and persecuting their neighbors and family during world war 2.
R8e4 TIL Fedoras originated as a popular fashion among women’s-rights activists.
9YQEp TIL German engineer Bernd Brandes volunteered to be killed and eaten by aspiring cannibal Armin Meiwes, who placed an ad on the internet looking for someone to be killed and eaten. After eating Brandes and going to jail, Meiwes became a vegetarian.