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TIL that in 1912, after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, crewmen on its sister ship RMS Olympic went on strike over its small number and poor quality of lifeboats

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6EXMX TIL when actor Raymond Massey was divorced from wife Adrianne Allen they used, respectively, husband and wife divorce lawyers Dorothy Whitney and William Dwight Whitney. Raymond then married his lawyer Dorothy and Adrianne married her lawyer William
J1YQV TiL : in 2010 underground art/protest group Voina ("war") drew a towering penis graffiti in 23 seconds on a bascule bridge in St. Petersburg. When raised, it was directly opposite the FSB (former KGB) headquarters. [NSFW]
rjOx TIL in 2000 a Korean couple spent their life savings to bring a Pan Am 747 to Seoul and set it up as a restaurant. The restaurant failed, leaving the couple living in a hut below the airplane. The 747 was torn down for scrap metal in 2010.
E1Mm0 TIL that in most states in America, employers are are not federally required to provide meal breaks of rest breaks to employees
LkaM9 Today I learned that guests at a wedding in Serbia accidentally shot down a small plane with celebratory gunfire.