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TIL there is an 1986 episode of Twilight Zone directed by Wes Craven and written by George R.R. Martin

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1lM8 TIL There is no systematic reporting of violence committed by the police in the US.
VBkrQ TIL of the SS Birma, which steamed to aid The Titanic. They arrived too late to help, but held a memorial with a British flag they created themselves, and also took photographs of icebergs in the vicinity of the sinking.
8aZyK TIL that Scotchgard was discovered by accident. Patsy Sherman, a chemist at 3M, dropped a chemical substance on one of her shoes while she was trying to develop a rubber material that could stand up to jet fuel. Later, when her shoes got dirty, she noticed that one spot stayed clean
pMRO TIL the leaders of a 1977 miners strike in Communist Romania were given 5 minute chest x-rays after the strike was over to ensure they would develop cancer.
yQ7nw TIL there is an animated film based on Titanic that was so bad, one reviewer described as "offensive to the Titanic’s memory"