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TIL Neil deGrasse Tyson criticized the scene in “Titanic” where Rose looks at the night sky after the ship sank, saying the placement of the stars was inaccurate. After speaking with Tyson, Cameron corrected the scene for the DVD- it was the only scene to be completely redone for the re-release.

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Z8954 TIL a typhoon hit Hiroshima a month after it was bombed that killed an additional 2,000 people
0d8aN TIL In 1942, a 60-foot-long (18 m) 1000-ton ship was built out of ice and sawdust in hopes to be an aircraft carrier
1o9P TIL that NY’s tap water has tiny crustaceans in it to combat mosquito larvae in the water supply. As such, water in NY is not Kosher.
AD5Rx TIL that in 2014, golfer Gus Andreone hit the eighth hole-in-one of his career at the age of 103
DWXj TIL that sea snakes are often thirsty and dehydrated; they are dependent on rainwater, which accumulates as a thin layer on the surface of the ocean.