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TIL that the RMS Titanic was designed to carry 68 lifeboats (enough for everyone on board), and although she only had around half as many needed on her maiden voyage, it would have only costed $16k to add the remaining needed; a small fraction of the $7.5m it took to construct the ship.

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VBBMp TIL that certain land snails can sleep for 3 years straight, whether it is cold (hibernation) or warm (estivation). The reason they do this is because weather conditions lack humidity, moisture, etc. They secrete slime to stay moist and alive during these times.
LEM9 TIL the NFL’s use of pink is a marketing ploy to attract female viewers and hardly any money goes to cancer research
5YxWk TIL that Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut was altered by the studio, post Kubrick’s final cut, by strategically placing shadowy figures and objects so that the orgy scene was less explicit and the film would receive an R rating. NSFW.
e0m86 TIL The Church of Scientology carried out or planned several covert coordinated attacks against an investigative reporter, which included framing her for a bombing, having her committed to a mental institution, and shooting her.
jN8OR TIL that the movie “The Ten Commandments” (1957) won no major oscars, only that of best effects. Instead the action-comedy “Around the World in 80 Days” won best picture, beating out not only the Charlton Heston classic but also James Deans last movie “Giant” and the musical “The King and I”.