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TIL the Steps on Titanic’s Grand Staircase were Linoleum.

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j6V7X TIL about Roberto Suarez Gomez, “King of Cocaine. Roberto was considered the biggest producer of cocaine in Bolivia and supplier to the Medellín cartel. He was a descendent of the Suárez brothers: who enslaved and exploited natives to collect rubber. Roberto only served 7 years in jail.
Vw1k TIL Laws against child labour were introduced in Prussia to improve the health of army recruits.
0Kl5 TIL: Under the US Copyright Office “supernatural beings” cannot hold copyrights so technically if they’re real, vampires or werewolves can’t get royalties for their original content.
9w8aB TIL even traveling at the speed of light, it would take us 25,000 years to reach the center of our galaxy.
ne09Y TIL before the title of "Help!" was decided on, the titles "Eight Arms To Hold You", "Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge", "The Day The Clowns Collapsed" and "High-Heeled Knickers" were under consideration.