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TIL that the norovirus on "Oasis of the Seas" in January 2019 infected 592 (or 7%) of the passengers–one of the worst outbreaks on a cruise ship ever. With hundreds quarantined in their cabins, the cruise ship returned back to Florida early & all passengers were reimbursed for their failed vacation.

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BgEwy TIL about the Summerland disaster, where on 2nd August 1973 a leisure centre on the Isle of Man caught on fire, killing 50 people and injuring dozens more due to poor design and the use of unsuitable, flammable building materials
kJoP4 TIL Canadian artist Michael Snow sued the Toronto Eaton Centre mall in 1982 after they put Christmas bows on an art installation of flying geese which he had sculptured. This led to a landmark court case, and a leading Canadian decision on artists moral rights. Snow ultimately ended up winning.
16aJ7 TIL the Intermarium, a post WW1 proposal to unite former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth land and territories lying between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic Seas
Z8PAo TIL MacLean's magazine ranked Sir Mackenzie Bowell as Canada’s greatest bearded prime minister. It was polar bear white and somehow, despite being considerably wider than his face, a near-perfect half-circle
Zp4OY TIL even though Mike Tyson bit off a part of Evander Holyfield's ear during their title fight in 1997, both became close friends after retiring from boxing, and Tyson was the one who inducted Holyfield into the boxing hall of fame.