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TIL the Titanic’s older sister ship, the Olympic kind of was unsinkable, it crashed into a plethora of things without sinking and was used in WWI to ram and sink German U-boats.

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Y7yaP TIL of Tanis, a dinosaur fossil site in North Dakota. Although controversial over its private management by paleontologist Robert DePalma, it's regardless noteworthy for preserving in detail the immediate aftermath of the extinction-causing asteroid impact on dinosaurs in the area.
KOr19 TIL Honda holds a patent for an 11-speed triple-clutch automatic transmission.
4ZYb TIL Alabama has the most aquatic biodiversity of any place in North America and the Mobile Basin, the most diverse river system in the United States, is known as “the Amazon of America”
erZk TIL that above 19,200m (63,100ft) above sea level, the body hits the Armstrong limit. At this point you’ll suffocate to death no matter how much air you inhale because the liquid wetting your lungs to let you breathe will boil away at body temperature, and is a major reason for pressurised suits.
X07mP TIL In he aftermath of Ramsses III's assassination, 28 people were executed on the spot after found guilty of organising the plot, 10 people were forced to commit suicide, 4 people, including two of the judges had their nose and ears cut off and one court official was issued a stern verbal warning