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TIL: Rust kills more people on ships than fire or flood

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Eg1Bp TIL that Steve McQueen was on Charles Manson’s ‘Hit List’ and was meant to be assassinated like Sharon Tate in 1969
78WyZ TIL construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was built with the help of pressurised caissons (a watertight retaining structure), resulted in numerous workers being either killed or permanently injured by decompression sickness or caisson disease named after this design.
Br4nx TIL about the Prussian Scheme which was a rumored attempt in 1786 to establish a monarchy in the U.S. ruled by Prince Henry of Prussia.
6j88 TIL People don’t swallow 8 spiders a year, or likely any spiders ever.
VBlnD TIL about The Sweatbox, a documentary about the making of The Emperor’s New Groove. Produced by Sting’s wife, it was never released by Disney due to the unprecedented access to their creative process, which was uncharacteristically rushed and improvised for this project.