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TIL that NFL quarterback Gale Gilbert was on five consecutive losing Super Bowl teams - Buffalo 1991-1994, San Diego 1995 - the most consecutive major championship losses in pro team sports.

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e0AoD TIL that the survival rate on the Titanic was 61% for the first-class passengers - but only 23% for the third-class passengers.
Yp7xZ TIL The Mona Lisa's true colours are rather... colourful - due to age, her current colours look faded and yellowed. Many old paintings are vibrant in reality, but currently lack that aspect due to decomposition.
XXND TIL During the Black Death, incoming ships were forced to wait for 40 days to prevent possible infection. The Italian word for 40, “quaranta”, is where we get the word “quarantine”.
8emj8 TIL that during a 1966 interview as a Vietnam War POW, U.S. Navy officer Jeremiah Denton blinked the word "TORTURE" in Morse code with his eyes, secretly confirming North Vietnamese abuse to American intelligence.
MedrB TIL about the Falkirk Wheel, the world's only rotating boat lift, which lifts boats 80 feet between two canals. What used to take 11 locks and most of a day now takes about 10 minutes.