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TIL that the first movie about the Titanic came out 29 days after the actual ship sank, starred a real life survivor who wore what she had on the night it sank in the production, and resulted in her suffering a mental breakdown shortly after its completion.

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woZgP TIL there is a Vietnamese Bird Poop Frog I can keep as a pet.
Z8rEo TIL there is also an almost complete (85%) T-Rex skeleton in Taiwan, owned by a private collector on display at his museum
ADll7 TIL in that 19th century physicians warned women about a condition called "Bicycle Face" that was caused by riding a bike. Symptoms included wrinkles, manliness and "an appearance of exhilaration suggesting masturbation".
NXGB6 TIL glass is permeable for hydrogen ions, like a sieve
QNM6k TIL that Charlie Chaplin's speech in The Great Dictator was initially criticized as too political, and he was later investigated by J Edgar Hoover for his political leanings.