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TIL director James Cameron completed one of the deepest dives in history into the depths of the Mariana Trench.

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oweE TIL there was an illegal crematorium disguised as a ceramics plant. It was discovered when a man calling in to complain about the smell said,“Don’t tell me they’re not burning bodies. I was at the ovens at Auschwitz.”
gMoGb TIL Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, comedian Kenny Everett, and actress Cleo Rocos once dressed Princess Diana as a man so they could go out and party in a south London bar. Reportedly the princess enjoyed herself so much she told them "we must do it again!"
oBWKY TIL Skyfall Lodge, the Scottish ancestral home of James Bond which features heavily in the movie Skyfall, was just a wooden framed set located on a UK Mininstry of Defence site in Surrey, England.
GbnG TIL that up until 1983, all caddies in the Masters Tournament were black. Due to the clubs tradition.
bwkQ TIL Mitchel Johnson and Andrew Golden spent less than a decade in prison after murdering four students and a teacher. Despite both men seeking out guns soon after being released, their current whereabouts and identities are unknown.