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TIL that every single engineer in the Titanic died because they were working and fighting to keep the lights on so everyone else could get out.

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6E09Z TIL that registrations of Chihuahuas actually DECREASED after those “Yo Quiero Taco Bell” commercials in the 90s
W1yd TIL that Rep. Tom Moore Jr. once submitted legislation to the Texas legislature in favor of honoring notorious murderer Albert DeSalvo “for his work in ‘population control’” as an April Fool’s Day joke. Without paying any attention to it, it was unanimously passed.
RnOQ TIL in a CIA program called “Operation Midnight Climax”, Prostitutes were enlisted by the CIA to lure men to ‘safehouses’ in San Francisco where they were administered LSD without their consent. CIA Agents would then watch them have sex with the prostitutes through 2-way mirrors.
YGZP TIL all the presidents of the USA except Martin Van Buren are descended from King John of England.
VMLx0 TIL the oldest D20 dice was uncovered in Egypt and dates back around 30 BC