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TIL that on 27 April 1865 the steamboat Sultana exploded on the Mississippi, killing about 1,700 mostly Union POWs—the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history

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p8DgA TIL: Kermit has been a staple of all Jim Henson shows and was never specified as a frog until Johnny Carson called him one after a Tonight Show appearance.
P10eL TIL about Elizabeth Miller, a war photographer who took photos in Hitler's bath and Eva Braun's bed
7e4x TIL Turnover is so slight in Federal Employees that, “death by natural causes” is more likely than “fired for poor job performance, misconduct or layoff”
6MgW TIL that despite having a population of 310 million, 47% of the USA remains unoccupied. Of the 11,078,300 census blocks in the country, 4,871,270 reported a population of zero in 2010.
Jwnl TIL that a dog named ‘Fido’ returned to a bus stop in Italy over 5,000 times (over 14 years) to wait for his deceased master to get off the bus, even during “violent allied bombardment” of the area and then eventually died waiting at the bus stop..