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TIL that only $2 was budgeted toward safety training for the crew of MV Sewol, the South Korean passenger ferry which sank in 2014 killing 306 people. This was used to pay for a paper certificate.

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kJvw1 TIL that India is the largest producer of mangoes, it accounts for less than 1% of the international mango trade; India consumes most of its own production.
R7nka TIL that astronauts in the 1970s raised the surface temperature of the moon by simply walking on it, exposing the darker soil from under the lighter soil, ultimately causing the moon to absorb more of the sun’s energy.
e6Z4 TIL Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristotle, then Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.
BrvWK TIL in 1920, the last living relative of Chief Massasoit (who helped the Pilgrims) heard Plymouth MA was erecting a statue of her ancestor out of gratitude. She pulled out a tiny basket she wove — only 3/16" tall — and said "That basket would hold all of Massachusetts' gratitude for Massasoit."
VMBd8 TIL that Apollo 11 could've flown from N.Y to L.A in under 6 minutes