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TIL that the record for passengers on a ship was set in WW2 by the Queen Mary: 16,082. The ocean liner was so fast it often sailed without escort and could outrun both submarines and torpedoes

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wLKZ8 TIL in 2006, Pvt. Channing Moss was on patrol when his squad was ambushed and an RPG round got lodged in his abdomen. He was evacuated operated on by two surgeons and an explosive expert who had been watching a Grey's Anatomy episode on removing a live grenade. The round was removed and he survived.
DnQv TIL in 2001, journalist Sami al-Hajj was detained and held in Guantanamo Bay for 6 years, despite being completely innocent
5Ov9 TIL that over 2/3 of wealthy Americans drink alcohol daily, but only about 1/3 of poor Americans do.
yap TIL Rick Rescorla moved from Britain to fight in Vietnam, was a hero at Ia Drang, and saved all but 7 of his 2,700 employs by running up and down 20 flights of stairs with a bull horn during the 9/11 terror attacks… which took his life.
Bgld TIL that McDonald’s in Venezuela charge the US equivalent of over $15 for a Big Mac.