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TIL that the second officer of the Titanic stayed onboard till the end and was trapped underwater until a boiler explosion set him free. Later, he volunteered in WW2 and helped evacuate over 120 men from Dunkirk

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DX5J TIL that a 17 year old survivor of the 2011 Norway attack was arrested, stripped naked and jailed on suspicion of carrying out the attack due to his alleged lack of emotion upon being rescued. He was released after the police discovered he was a traumatized survivor of the Chechen war.
D11Je TIL a type of Central American tree enslaves ants to guard it. It produces sap that the ants can eat, but which contains an enzyme that irreversibly blocks their ability to digest other foods, forcing them to remain nearby.
X0PoP TIL McDonald's Grimace is a tastebud
6ED8Z TIL gossiping women or those who were accused of witchcraft were made to wear an iron muzzle in medival England.
p84bZ TIL that the Olympic torch relay was invented by the Nazis to promote the Third Reich at the 1936 Berlin Olympics