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TIL that the inventor of Tootsie Rolls committed suicide and left a note that simply said, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help it."

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nerKG TIL Many famous people purchased tickets for Titanic's maiden voyage, but did not actually sail. These included Hershey’s Chocolate founder Milton S. Hershey; inventor G. Marconi; J.P. Morgan, the American banking and steel magnate; and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, one of the richest men in America.
VMdPB TIL In 430 BC a plague originating in Egypt broke out- spreading to Persia, Libya and Athens. The plague killed more than a quarter of the population.
5YdVn TIL that Steven Spielberg thought John Williams was joking the first time he played the JAWS theme for him.
d8pDB TIL that people have been living in the multi-storey buildings of Taos Pueblo for over 1,000 years, the longest continuously inhabited place in the USA.
aw0mb TIL of super recognisers, people with the ability to recognise faces much strongly than normal people, 80% more! Scotland Yard have a squad of 200 of these types of people.