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TIL only two known Titanic survivors saw the Cameron movie, but there were 6 alive on its release.

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neVkb TIL Tasmanian opium farmers found crop circles in their fields. Wallabies were getting high and going around in circles.
Vg58 TIL if a man is physically forced to sexually penetrate someone without consent (such as being pinned or held down, or by the use of violence) or threatened with physical harm, or when the victim was drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent IT IS NOT RAPE.(CDC Full report page 17)
6EgJQ Jupiter is made of mostly hydrogen and helium gas. So, trying to land on it would be like trying to land on a cloud here on Earth. There's no outer crust to break your fall on Jupiter. Just an endless stretch of atmosphere. The big question, then, is: Could you fall through one end of Jupiter and out the other? It turns out, you wouldn't even make it halfway.
BgoWd TIL of Greek physician Georgios Papanikolaou, who invented the Papanikolaou, or “Pap” test, also known as a Pap Smear. This medical break-through provides low-cost, easily performed screening for early detection of cancerous and precancerous cells
Zm04 TIL You can masturbate in public is Sweden provided it’s not directed at anyone