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TIL that the head baker on the Titanic got drunk while the ship was sinking, was the last one on the ship as he “rode it down like an elevator” into the water, and was able to tread water for 2 hours hardly feeling the cold thanks to the alcohol he imbibed which allowed him to survive.

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bkra TIL that a woman in Brazil filled her vagina with poison in an attempt to kill her husband during oral sex.
WNld TIL that the constitution of Norway is the 3rd oldest constitution in the world still in continuous force. It’s 200 years old today, the 17th of may 2014.
l7MpK TIL Michael Keaton’s legal last name is Douglas, but there was already an actor by that name so he took a stage name to comply with SAG rules that require members to have unique stage names.
E46p TIL: John Sedwick made fun of his troops for being afraid of being shot by snipers, his final words were “they couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” right before being shot and killed by a sniper
b6y7j TIL Alfred Nobel (creator of dynamite) is thought to have created the prize after an unflattering obituary naming him the “Merchant of Death.”