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TIL of the sinking of the cruise ship MTS Oceanos. Captain and crew where among the first to leave and left all passengers on board to their destiny. Entertainment staff took control and successfully evacuated and saved everyone on board.

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v1olR TIL the founder of AA accredits LSD with helping with his depression and believed it would assist people in overcoming their alcoholism. He also spoke at length with the author of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, about LSD.
ZpAPv TIL LeBron James, Larry Bird, Russell Westbrook, Rudy Gobert, Gary Payton and Bill Walton are natural left-handers who shoot righty.
dDM18 TIL about Tarrare, an 18th century Frenchman with an insatiable appetite who ate live animals as a street performer, ate spy documents for the military, and ate and drank human blood and remains at the hospital, among many other things.
9Yvkm TIL the single-year car model sales record has remained unbroken since 1923, when Ford sold 2,011,125 Model Ts.
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