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TIL: SS Christopher Columbus, the only 'Whaleback' ship ever built for passenger service, carried more passengers in her 40-year career than any other ship on the Great Lakes.

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wXl1 TIL that Dell OptiPlex PCs sold from 2002 to 2005 had a failure rate of 97% over a three-year period according to a Dell study. They were subsequently sued over this matter because employees knew they were likely to break.
vDgK TIL In 1915 a man sentenced to death by firing squad. He was shot 10 times including a final shot in the head. He somehow survived, crawled away and found help. He became a local legend and toured with Ripley’s Believe it or Not before dying in 1975.
Y9ZA TIL scientists estimate only 14% of the 10-14 million species on earth have been documented and over earths history there have been 5 billion different species.
j6Nbv TIL that in medieval times, surgery was considered too menial a task for physicians to perform; it was instead delegated to barbers.
VMPN0 TIL the owner of Walter White's house hates Breaking Bad because fans of the show would throw pizza on his rooftop, the creator Vince Gilligan made a public plea for fans to stop throwing pizzas on the house's roof.