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TIL- Even 4-year-olds dislike freeloaders

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8evrP TIL that White Star Line, the same company that designed and owned Titanic, intended on creating a massive 1,050 foot superliner in 1928. However, just one year into construction, RMMV Oceanic was cancelled due to the Great Depression
69Lr8 TIL Alabama Song, made famous by the Doors, was originally written as a poem by Bertolt Brecht in 1925.
kOr91 TIL that modern football is descended from "medieval football" in which opposing teams would attempt to drag an inflated pig's bladder to markers at each end of a town by any means necessary "as long as it did not lead to manslaughter or murder."
KXME TIL there is enough energy in one hour of sunlight to serve the entire planet’s energy needs for approximately one year.
PYr7G TIL the oldest lobster ever caught was estimated to be 140 years old, also as lobsters age, they tend to grow bigger and heavier. The 140-year-old lobster weighed 44 pounds.