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TIL that the company responsible for the worst mine disaster in the UK, killing 440 in an explosion, was fined just £10

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5Ybkk TIL: Sperm whales can produce a sounds as loud as 230db, which is about 6db louder than the tsar bomba.
lopjr TIL severe birth defects are common in Iraq to this day because the US used weapons made with depleted uranium in the war
yQvje TIL after losing a son and extreme financial hardships, the song "It Is Well With My Soul" was written by Spafford while on his way to meet his grieving wife as he passed by the area where his four daughters had recently died from a collision in the Atlantic Ocean.
D1okD TIL in 1918 the SS Princess Sophia became grounded on Alaska's Vanderbilt Reef. Worsening weather ruled out any chance of a rescue. Two days later she sank with the loss of all 364 people on board. A dog was the only survivor.
B8JW TIL that when he was wounded, Thomas Baker ordered his squad to leave him propped against a tree, with a pistol and eight bullets. Later, American forces found the now-deceased Baker in the same spot, holding an empty pistol, with eight dead Japanese soldiers lying around him.