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TIL the wreck of the Titanic is being rapidly disintegrated by iron eating bacteria. According to some estimates it will be completely consumed within 14-20 years.

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vP0O8 TIL about Jayant Patel, a disgraced physician at the heart of Australia's worst medical scandal that saw him linked to 87 deaths over a two year period
GYj4j TIL that when the creators of 'Airplane!' cast Lee Bryant to play the "Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home" woman, they were unaware she starred in the original coffee ad her lines were parodying
yVYnv TIL that the village of Capernaum, which was allegedly the base for Jesus' ministry in Galilee, has been a ruin since the 11th century, and is today abandoned except for a Greek Orthodox Church built in 1931.
OXn1 TIL Singapore’s Founding Father, Lee Kuan Yew, considered air-conditioning one of the most important inventions in history. “It changed the nature of civilization by making development possible in the tropics. Without air conditioning you can work only in the cool early-morning hours or at dusk.”
6E9yQ TIL one of director Michael Bay's early successes was the Got Milk? commercial series