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TIL according to models, Titanic should have tipped over about an hour into the sinking, killing practically everyone. Miraculously a rare coal fire during the voyage required coal to be shifted to the opposite side of the ship, creating a list that offset the incoming water during the sinking

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krP7 TIL there was a private prison that fed vegan meals, gave Bible studies, offered job training, anger management, etc. where violence dramatically decreased and inmates of all races associated with each other, where only 2% were rearrested, when the state of California had a rearrest rate of 95%.
6EkAQ TIL that in Norse myths in the final battle of Ragnarok, Loki will pilot a ship made of fingernails and toenails of dead men across the flooded surface of the Earth. The ship is carrying the fire giants which will burn the World Tree and bring about the end of all things.
4OZJ TIL Yakov Smirnoff, the man who created “In Soviet Russia” jokes is also a painter, and painted a 9/11 memorial mural titled “America’s Heart”. Each brush stroke represents one person that died on that day.
epyZE TIL that FBI agent William Roemer developed so much respect for his mafia adversary Murray Humphreys, that he chose not to be involved in his arrest and expressed his respects to Humphreys family after the gangster passed.
41Lg TIL, Stella Lieback, the woman who sued McDonald’s over split hot coffee was 79 at the time, suffered 3rd degree burns and spent over a week in the hospital requiring skin grafts and other treatments. She only sued McDonalds so they could cover all medical expenses, they offered a paltry $800.