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TIL Six Chinese passengers survived the Titanic, but were mocked, rejected from the US and omitted from history

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BgZPy TIL the village built for the 1980 movie Popeye still exists and is a tourist attraction in Malta.
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Rl8j TIL George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s Wearhouse, does not background check his employees. “I don’t trust the U.S. justice system to get it right,” says Zimmer, who is himself a recovering alcoholic. “I’d rather make my own decisions, and I believe in giving people a second chance.”
bk7Q TIL there was a custom in ancient Babylon compelling all women at least once in their lives to go to the temple of Aphrodite and have sex with a stranger.
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