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TIL Theodore Hook & the Berners Street hoax

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v64B TIL that the richest man in the world at the time, John Jacob Astor IV, was present on the Titanic when it sank in 1912. When his body was recovered, it was found to contain gold, diamonds and $2500 cash (nearly $61,000 in today’s money)
mMVp TIL NOAA announced it was to start using lowercase letters in forecasts by saying “NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS WILL STOP YELLING AT YOU”
D1Vpp TIL when you ask Siri to rap instead of singing “boots and cats” she raps about washing your hands for 20 seconds so you know how long to scrub.
PY74E TIL There is one animal that seems to survive without oxygen
ADELo TIL of Cymburga, a 15th Century Polish princess who became the female ancestor of all later Habsburgs. She was "renowned both for her beauty and for her ability to drive nails into oak planks with her bare fists."