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TIL that cruise ships have morgues.

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KYe74 TIL During WW2, Comache people were enlisted as code talkers, and when translations didn't exist from English to their native language, they used descriptive words instead. For example, tank was "turtle", bomber was "pregnant bird", machine gun was "sewing machine", and Hitler was "crazy white man".
8an9G TIL the Appalachian Mountains span three countries—the United States, Canada, and France
6EB67 TIL a janitor singing Welcome to the Jungle on the schools loudspeaker after hours made a teacher fear for her life
vPXa8 TIL on Nov 13, 1946, NY, pilot Curtis Talbot and scientist Dr. Vincent Schaefer, working for GE Research, released three pounds of dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) into the clouds at 14,000 ft. They looked back to see long streamers of snow. They had created the world’s first human-made snowstorm.
VMPAB TIL in the 1880s Lamar Thompson was so disgusted that saloons and brothels were tempting Americans into “vices” and hated the "sinful" behavior of fellow humans who engaged in sex, drinking and going out for “fun” that he invented the roller coaster to distract people from sinning.