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8ax0P TIL the song “Respect”, one of the biggest feminist anthems ever recorded, was written by Otis Redding
woYyW TIL that a New York cinema owner at the time of The Titanic disaster, tried to trick his customers with footage of Titanic launching and pretended it was footage of the actual sinking. He was beaten up on a number of occasions for this.
E1nP TIL brain-related criteria to identify the death of a patient (i.e. “brain death” = death) is not based on valid scientific data
bRPp TIL Canada Post responds to mail sent to Santa Claus in more than 30 languages including Braille, based on the language the kid’s letter was written in
1eMO TIL Human babies are 80% water at birth, a slightly higher water content than bananas and slightly less than fresh potatoes.