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TIL the most commonly used name for a character in a movie is "Jack"

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9Y5P7 TIL of the sinking of the PS General Slocum, the second worst disaster in terms of lives lost in NYC, in which many people drowned because the life jackets had been filled with iron in order to meet minimum weight requirements of the time.
MedrB TIL about the Falkirk Wheel, the world's only rotating boat lift, which lifts boats 80 feet between two canals. What used to take 11 locks and most of a day now takes about 10 minutes.
Kd0w TIL that two trapped Australian miners asked for an iPod with music by the Foo Fighters to be sent down to them. Dave Grohl personally included a note saying “I want you to know that when you come home, there’s two tickets to any Foos show, anywhere, and two cold beers waiting for you.”
v1jWx TIL that someone did the math and the more Tom Cruise runs, the better his movies are.
9Mpr TIL After denied rights to use “Another One Bites the Dust” for Rocky III, Sylvester Stallone hired Survivor to write an original song instead, which turned out to be “Eye Of The Tiger”.