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TIL the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that sank in 2012, resulting in the death of 32 people, had been carrying a large amount of mafia-owned cocaine when it sank and traces of it were found in Captain Francesco Schettino's hair samples

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5dpn TIL a dog bit off his owner’s big toe because she could smell it was infected, and ended up saving his life
6doW TIL when accused of influencing a suicide pact by backmasking the words “Do it” in one of their songs, Judas Priest said that if they wanted to insert subliminal commands, they would have preferred to insert the command “buy more of our records”.
kO7O7 TIL the phrase "another day, another dollar" comes from construction workers building the Panama Canal, who were paid a dollar a day
nWkL7 TIL about the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme, which seeks to preserve the "documentary heritage" of humanity. Included are archives for: cuneiform tablets, the Battle of the Somme, records of smallpox eradication, Beethoven's Ninth, and so much more.
1ax4V TIL:There are bugs which are specific to particular foods stored by humans. For example the Biscuit Beetle.