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TIL that in the 1980s one of the propellers salvaged from the wreck of the Lusitania was melted down to make golf clubs.

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v1vjL TIL that former President Jimmy Carter was once denied service at a Boston restaurant for wearing a cardigan. When a Secret Service agent pointed out that this was a former President of the United States, the hostess was quoted as saying, ''All the more reason he should wear a jacket.''
R7gpa TIL in 1981, a 27 year old James Cameron was working as a director on Pirhana II, when he was fired for failing to get a close-up of the lead actress. He then got food poisoning and during his illness had a nightmare about a robot sent from the future to kill him - the idea for The Terminator
JGwv TIL There are 923 words in the English language that break the “I before E” rule. Only 44 words actually follow that rule.
J1vll TIL that there were all metal lighter-than-airships built and operated and that ZMC-2 was the most successful, completing over 750 flights.
4XPMJ TIL The first scientist named in history was En Hedu’anna, the chief astronomer-priestess of Ur. She lived around 2300 BC, the only daughter of the great empire architect Sargon of Akkad, and called the Shakespeare of the ancient world as her works were studied for 500 years or more after her death.