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TIL Atlantic Productions, using two remotely operated submersible vehicles, collected 16 terabytes worth of high resolution images over a six week scanning period and used the data in order to create the world's most accurate and detailed 3D model of the Titanic

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woYRY TIL a monk was killed in around 391 AD when he leapt into the arena to stop a gladiator fight, which led to the emperor issuing a ban on gladiator bouts throughout the Empire.
6EZlW TIL Norm MacDonald's 1998 cult-classic film, Dirty Work, was based on a short-story "Vengeance Is Mine, Inc." by Roald Dahl.
788gM TIL that Voyager 1, the furthest man-made object from Earth, has begun sending incomprehensible data regarding its position, despite working fine otherwise. The fault is believed to be in the systems controlling attitude and articulation, even as the craft keeps it's antenna directed at Earth.
e0X7g TIL that despite increases in computer power, each Shrek film has taken about twice as many hours to render as the one before it. Dreamworks calls this "Shrek's Law".
xwXb TIL that the extra years on sentencing beyond death (e.g. “life without parole plus 1,000 years”) is both a symbolic way for a judge to condemn someone as truly guilty and console a victim, as well as a practical way to make it more difficult for someone to get out prison