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0w0Pp TIL of the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928. Located in Angeles National Forest, the reservoir held 12 billion gallons of water. The dam failed before midnight on March 12th. A 140 ft flood wave swept debris and bodies 54 miles to the pacific ocean. Second worst loss of life in California history.
Z8DvD TIL in 1904 a Wisconsin based company advertised their new invention, the "bachelors undershirt". No need for a wife, sister or mother to mend this button free shirt as it was stretchy enough to simply pull over your head.
eYV4 TIL in the middle ages, people believed witches stole penises and kept them in birds nests or boxes and fed them grain
E1OAW TIL about Kintsukuroi which is the practice of seeing beauty in the flawed or imperfect. Instead of throwing out the damaged pottery, the Japanese would repair it with gold and create art from the broken.
4XXJR TIL seamen must keep a daily record of their work known as a Certificate of Continuous Discharge