Post * ZpPeo — Curious Curator

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TIL Rhoda Abbott, 39, was the only woman aboard Titanic to survive going into the freezing water- every other female survivor was lowered in a lifeboat- and the only woman aboard after 2:05 A.M. to survive. Abbott swam to Collapsible A and climbed aboard, but lost her 2 teenage sons in the chaos.

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wLRo1 TIL that a club of multidisciplinary scientists formed a group called NecroSearch, who volunteer to assist law enforcement in the location of clandestine graves and recovery of evidence (aka cold-case bodies). Their team is comprised of botanists, meteorologists and other technical specialists.

VMop0 TIL Serial killer Wayne Nance, the Missoula Mauler, invaded the home of Doug and Kris Wells. Despite being bound and stabbed, Doug managed to fatally shoot Nance in the head. The Wells survived.

dD8Gj TIL Numerous breweries have made their own version of The Simpsons' Duff Beer. The results of these knockoffs has been lawsuits, destruction of merchandise, and the censorship of Duff on The Simpsons in France due to alcohol advertising laws.

d8mP7 TIL California Endangered Species Act doesn't include protection provisions for insects; instead of trying to add insects to the act, a group of environmentalists tried to get bees categorized as fish because the act's definition of fish includes animals without backbones.

vr98 TIL “Growing the beard” is the polar opposite of “Jumping the shark” and describes the moment a TV Series became awesome.