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TIL Edward Bowen and his wife did not board the Lusitania after reading Germany’s warning in the newspaper that Germany would sink the ship. They were the only two that cancelled their plans

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bNZ TIL The Mars company was a bunch of dicks and denied Steven Spielberg the right to use their product, m&m’s, in E.T. so Reese’s Pieces were used instead. Turns out, the joke was on them because after the movie came out, sales for Reese’s Pieces increased tenfold.
LQOPm TIL From 2002 to 2011, accidents on backyard trampolines accounted for nearly 289,000 visits to emergency rooms for broken bones. Factor in all accidents, not just fractures, and the tally rises to more than 1 million ER visits.
eklg TIL that a father murdered 2 people after they ‘unfriended’ his daughter on Facebook.
6a8X TIL that the “Sky Beam” that shoots out of the Luxor Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas attracts so many insects that it has established a new ecosystem of moths, bats, and owls.
WdK9 TIL the last movie ever rented at a corporate Blockbuster was “This Is The End” at a store in Hawaii.