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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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GAQd1 TIL that to get a shot at the World Championship, boxer Joe Louis had to agree to give up 10% of his earnings for the next decade, to the defending champion James J Braddock. This would earn Braddock and his manager $150,000.
4XWO6 TIL Up to 6000 Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by American tanks fitted with ploughs during the Gulf War
jNW7Q TIL James Bond was based off a real spy. Sidney Reilly, born Salomon Rosenblum to Ukrainian Jews, spied for at least 4 different countries and is still considered the 'Superspy'.
m1jWM TIL that performance artist Marina Abramović created a piece called "The Artist Is Present" in 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where she sat silently at a table for a total of 736 hours over 3 months inviting museum visitors to sit across from her and make eye contact without speaking.
kOrbE TIL Die Hard was a sequel to the 1968 movie “The Detective” starring Frank Sinatra. As such, 20th Century Fox were contractually obliged to offer Sinatra the leading role. He turned it down due to his age.