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TIL that Oceanographer Bob Ballard found the Titanic just days after completing a secret mission for the Navy. The secret mission’s cover-story: finding the Titanic.

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LQX0v TIL that the original Japanese name for the game Resident Evil was called Biohazard. Capcom thought the name Biohazard would be impossible to trademark in North America due to other games with the same name. Capcom held an internal company contest to find a new name, and Resident Evil was chosen.
vPwA7 TIL when Saved by the Bell's Executive Producer Peter Engel was asked predict where the characters would be today, he said Zack is a game show host or hedge fund manager; Slater a football coach; Screech is Bill Gates; Jessie is in politics; Lisa is Vera Wang and Kelly would have a Food Network show
WkBNo TIL - During 'The Night of Long Knives' Chancellor Hitler ordered a series of 85 murders and over 1,000 arrests by his Secret Police and Gestapo against political enemies in the current government. Hitler used the purge to attack or eliminate critics of his new regime.
GdXJ TIL the creator of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack came up with the premise after having his own failed adventures, such as when he got sunburned and began to starve on an underdeveloped island. He also, “went to Mexico and lived in the jungles and found myself eating out of dumpsters.”
D1y1V TIL from 1917 to 1918 British Intelligence paid an Italian journalist the modern equivalent of £6,000 (US$ 8,290) per week to keep up the pro-war campaigning. The cash got him a start in politics, and was also allegedly lavished on his many mistresses. The journalist was 34-year-old Benito Mussolini