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TIL When Titanic was hit, none of the Engineers left till the very end, They stayed and kept the power on, So others could Escape.

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x6bgD TIL that during the Jonestown Massacre, many of the 900 cult followers refused to drink or administer the poisoned Flavoure-Aid to their children. And so they were just killed. Either shot in the head or poisoned by being injected with the cyanide.
9wgb7 TIL there’s a term for why people act wild in groups—Deindividuation. It’s when you lose your sense of self in a crowd and follow group behavior, ranging from harmless hype to risky or harmful actions. Feeling unidentifiable in a group reduces personal accountability.
8aN4V TIL the seared meat does not "seal in flavor" and it actually loses the same amount or more of moisture than non seared meat. Searing simply saved flavor through the maillard reaction.
wxwJ TIL In the opening sequence of the Simpsons, when Marge accidentally scans her baby Maggie, the price reads “847.63”, which was the average cost of raising a baby at the time
jNp7a TIL that hagfish can eat by simply sitting inside a corpse and absorbing nutrients directly through their skin and gills. Their skin is actually more efficient at absorbing nutrients than their own intestines.