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D1PND TIL The only Mexican to die on the Titanic was Manuel Uruchurtu Ramírez. A politician who gave up his seat on a rescue boat to woman who wanted to see her child and husband. She had lied to him about her family and survived.
695DQ TIL The original artwork for the Rolling Stones song 'Paint it Black' had a comma inserted by a typographical error that gave it a very different interpretation in the 1960s.
gr6B8 TIL: India has a payment system that is fast, small shopkeepers to large corporations use it and is replacing cash, called the UPI.
KYoDQ TIL that a hybrid of the American paddlefish and Russian sturgeon was successful despite their last common ancestor being 184 million years ago.
j6kZN TIL Ghazipur landfill is nicknamed "Trash Mahal" which is the tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi almost as high as Taj Mahal.