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TIL Less than one percent of the worlds shipwrecks have been discovered with an estimated 3 million ships lying on the ocean floor.

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xrvb TIL Knocker Upper , before alarm clockswere affordable or reliable. A knocker-up’s job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time. They used a truncheon or short, heavy stick to knock on the clients’ doors or a long and light stick to reach windows on higher floors.
ZvQp TIL in the film “The Shining”, filming the ‘Heeeere’s Johnny!’ scene took 3 days and 80 doors.
MJQ7 TIL that at the end of WWII, Canada had the 3rd largest navy and the 4th largest air force despite only having a population of 12 million
VBMw8 TIL the cult 1960s animated TV show Roger Ramjet made history as the first animated series to ever be given a home video release, when it was released in 1972 on the short-lived "Cartrivision" format.
RGw TIL that “Call Me Maybe” was originally released in Canada through 604 Records, the production company started by Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.