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TIL that in 1906 Harry Miles made a film documenting San Francisco city life. The Earthquake struck four days later and destroyed many of the buildings in the film.

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DQarV TIL that the younger brother of Hermann Göring, Albert, was anti-Nazi and spent World War 2 defying the regime by helping Jews escape and assisting in sabotage efforts. He later was found innocent at the Nuremburg trials. He died with little to no recognition for his efforts during the war.
0d9w1 TIL there are "only" 20.5 million shipping crates in existence to supply 8 billion people
W70D9 TIL Charlene Wittstock was an Olympian and an All-Africa gold medal swimmer when she met Prince Albert II of Monaco who is 20 years her senior. They have been married for 12 years and have two children.
M7OA7 TIL that electricity flows around copper wires, not through them.
VMkLD TIL that the creator of "Jaws" dedicated the last decade of his life to preserving sharks after witnessing horrific abuse (and to make up for the anti-shark hysteria the movie caused)