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TIL The Women's Titanic Memorial Assosciation erected a statue in Washington D.C. to honor the men who gave their lives on the Titanic so that women and children could live

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WkD6Y TIL 96 Percent of Americans use automatic cars while 80 Percent of Europeans use manual
a8Nvo TIL that as a teenager, Billy Joel took up boxing so he could defend himself. He boxed successfully on the amateur Golden Gloves circuit for a short time, winning 22 bouts, but abandoned the sport shortly after his nose was broken in his 24th match.
eX4g TIL that Ben & Jerry’s has a “flavor graveyard” where there are tombstones for earlier flavors that are no longer sold
VjpD TIL A missing first amendment “one Representative for every fifty thousand persons”, got lost due to a clerical error. Today we have over 700k people per Rep.
QNP7a TIL The Vredefort crater in South Africa was created 2 billion years ago by an asteroid or comet striking Earth. The crater, which has since been eroded away, was around 180–300 km (100–200 miles) across when it was formed.