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TIL a coal fire may have helped sink the Titanic

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yQXEw TIL: The phenomenon of a shower curtain bursting inwards the bathtub with a running shower has not yet been explained, despite several theories.
djeQ TIL that British tanks are required to have a tea brewing station
rbQ1 TIL that the largest cavalry charge in history occurred during the Turkish siege of Vienna. Spearheaded by 3000 winged knights, 20,000 Polish and German cavalrymen charged and routed the Ottoman line and decisively ended the Ottoman threat to christian Europe.
wJX6 TIL that a crew member on the Disney Wonder disappeared in the middle of the cruise and has never been seen again despite credit card activity after her disappearance
oEZE TIL that a cave diver who let go of the underwater guideline and got lost whilst exploring the Sterkfontein Caves, a vast complex of passages and pools in South Africa, lived for three weeks in the pitch dark before dying of starvation.