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TIL The captain of a nearby ship ignored the Titanic's distress calls and could have saved countless passengers had it intervened.

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9YOym TIL that the term “mental retardation” which we now deem “inappropriate”, was a medical term for people with intellectual impairments, invented to replace terms that were more offensive. The American Association on Mental Retardation introduced it to be a neutral term in 1961.
9YZ8r TIL Kinshasa, the capital of Congo-Zaire uses robots as traffic police because they can't be bribed.
xOXg TIL you can count from zero to nine hundred ninety-nine without ever having to use the letter “a”
1B5D TIL the Sarah McLachlan dog commercial has been one of the most successful non-profit fundraising ads…ever.
Pp1n TIL that Mythbuster’s Jamie Hyneman ran away from home at the age of 14 and then hitchhiked all over the US. After that he is now a certified diver,wilderness survival expert, boat captain, linguist, pet shop owner, animal wrangler, machinist, concrete inspector, and chef.