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TIL North America used to have penguins.
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TIL that both the Carpathia (which rescued Titanic's passengers) and the Californian (which was nearby but allegedly never saw Titanic's distress signals) were both sunk in WW1. Carpathia lies in 600 feet of water off of Ireland and California lies somewhere off of Greece but has never been found
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TIL of Corporatocracy: an economic and political system controlled by corporations or corporate interests.
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TIL A British officer once led his crew in singing “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” as their ship was sinking
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TIL that a uranium mill operated from 1950-1984 in Moab Utah, leaving a large pile of contaminated waste on the banks of the Colorado River, endangering human, animal, and plant life all the way to Mexico. Clean-up is underway and will cost taxpayers as much as 1 billion dollars.
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TIL that Frank Silva, a set dresser on the pilot of Twin Peaks, was given the role of Bob by accident, after a reflection of his face in a mirror was accidentally captured by the camera during filming. When series creator David Lynch saw Silva’s face, he liked it so much he kept it in the show.