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TIL that Frank Prentice a survivor of the Titanic, stated that the scent of the iceberg was detectable before the collision occurred.

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OoRAY TIL Jeremy Bentham's dressed skeleton is on display in the UCL Student Union. Bentham donated his body to science, but requested that after dissection, they preserve and dress his body in his own clothes, and bring him to meetings and social events. He died in 1832 and was moved to UCL in 1850.
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