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TIL that 4 sailors survived at sea off the coast of New Zealand for 118 days after their trimaran, the Rose-Noelle, was upturned by a rogue wave. They cut holes in the hull, collected rainwater, and eventually caught and cooked fish. They were in such good shape upon return many doubted their story.

negE9 TIL during Taylor Swift’s boycott of Spotify, her hit “I Knew You Were Trouble” was on the site, credited to the Welsh band lostprophets. The band is now infamous for their frontman being a convicted pedophile.
lo1AN TIL of Katalin Karády a Hungarian actress in the '40s who was jailed, tortured and nearly beaten to death for allegedly spying and her movies and songs got banned. Later she emigrated to New York and opened a hat salon. When she was invited back to Hungary she didn't go but sent them a hat instead.
XR86 TIL that the most difficult math course in the world is simply called Math 55. It is so challenging that in 1970, of the 75 students that enrolled in the class, 55 dropped out. Bill Gates is one of the more prominent alumni to have passed the class.
Brder TIL: During the filing of the movie "Titanic" 50 members of the film's cast and crew were rushed to hospital for suspected food poisoning. The actual cause of their ailment was discovered to be lobster chowder maliciously laced with PCP.
LkWMp TIL: A man that was falsely imprisoned for 10 years spent most of his time studying law at the library and proving his innocence, later becoming a lawyer to help free other people who have been wrongly convicted.