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TIL I learned that the Californian tried to warn surrounding ships about ice but were told to ‘shut up’ by Titanic’s operator 40 mins before collision

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PZaO TIL that Joseph Smith was killed by an angry mob while incarcerated. Smith had tried to suppress a local that had exposed Smith’s practice of polygamy - implying that he used his religion as a pretext to seduce and marry unassuming women - including the wives of some of his closest associates
M8jW TIL of the universe’s coldest known star, WISE 1828+2650; It’s at room temperature
Br1dW TIL that the serial killer with the 2nd highest known victim count was released in 1998 and his whereabouts is currently unknown.
rR1Gd TIL A study found that people would rather give themselves electric shocks than sit in the silence of their thoughts
8eaX8 TIL The smallest possible size for anything in the universe is the Planck Length, which is 1.6 x10-35 m across.