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TIL of Old Whitey, a saponified corpse floating about the engine room of the SS Kamloops sunk off Isle Royale, Lake Superior, in 1927. Unidentified to today, he follows divers around as they explore her wreck. Superior it's said never gives up her dead.

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Yp75d TIL Although the Person of the Year title is about biggest influence "for better or for worse", Time has shied away from naming controversial figures for commercial reasons since the public backlash after naming Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979. This is why in 2001 Osama bin Laden was not named.
Leom TIL The first responding Las Vegas police officer on the scene of Tupac’s infamous 1996 murder asked the dying rapper, “Who shot you?” Tupac’s response and final words were “Fuck you.”
0wQp5 TIL that English and Norwegian share not only the same syntax, but also have very similar pronunciation / sounds and even shared words (although usually with different meanings). English is classified as western Germanic but it fits all the characteristics of a northern Germanic language.
E1OxX TIL that the whole idea that fish don’t have long-term memories and aren’t very smart in general is plain wrong. In the contrary, fish are actually very intelligent creatures, can remember whole neighborhoods, some use tools like we do and can even do the math.
v1mAL TIL about Missouri Compromise. It determined that in states located south of the 36°30' parallel, slavery was allowed. Every time the United States expanded west, two states would be created, one pro-slavery in the south and other anti-slavery in the north to keep the balance of power.