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TIL R. Norris Williams survived the Titanic sinking but spent so much time submerged in the icy Atlantic that doctors wanted to amputate his legs on rescue ship Carpathia. He refused the amputation ,recovered and went on to win the U.S. Tennis Championship that very same year

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J1RYj TIL a toddler was killed by an alligator while he was playing in a lagoon at a Disney resort in 2016. The father tried to wrestle the boy away from the alligator but failed and an intense search was launched. It took 16 hours to find the boy and he was found 10-15 feet from where he was last seen.
pb6b TIL astronauts use liquid salt and pepper because the normal type would just float away and be a safety hazard.
jN0Nj TIL that One World Trade Center, at 541 meters (1776 feet) is taller than the combined height of the tallest buildings in Wyoming, Vermont, Maine, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, and West Virginia.
0wbGv TIL in his final interview guitarist Tommy Bolin said "I've been taking care of myself my whole life. Don't worry about me. I'm going to be around for a long time.". A few hours later he died from an overdose of heroin and other substances, including alcohol, cocaine and barbiturates.
kAA1 TIL: According to the federal census of 1830, free blacks owned more than 10,000 slaves in Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, and Virginia.