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TIL last year the Star Princess, a Princess cruises ship passed by 3 men drifting in a small boat with no motor in the open sea. The captain confirmed he saw the men through his telescope and then did nothing to help. The boat was later found by the Ecuadorean coast guard with only one survivor.

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05AN TIL that Burlington, Vermont is the first city in the USA to run on 100% clean energy
oRxxE TIL an Irish battalion fought in the Mexican-American war on the Mexican side.
69GQ8 TIL that during the construction of the Hoover Dam in 1931 it was the very first time employers required workers to wear hard hats
W7k84 TIL of KattenKabinet in Amsterdam, a museum consisting of only cat related stuff
VMlr4 TIL of Tommy "Karate" Pitera. A hitman for the Bonanno crime family. He spent 27 months in Japan studying martial arts and weapons training along with further educating in human biology and dissection. Suspected on up to 60 murders, he often kept souvenirs from his victims.