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TIL about ParkWest, an Detroit-based gallery that only sells art in international waters during cruises. They purport to sell original artworks at steep discounts but in reality get bidders drunk to buy reproductions for thousands more than they’re worth. Plus, cruise lines are in on the scam.

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Meb0B TIL that 97.4% of Porsches from the last 25 years are still on the road.
DQdnP TIL the Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation holds the record for the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster (MV Dona Paz in 1987 - 4385 dead) before having four more of its ships capsize and total at least 1461 more deaths with hundreds more missing. The shipping line still operates today.
8grK TIL that dalmatians used to run alongside horse drawn firetrucks acting as a barking siren to clear crowds, thus their positive reputations with firefighters
78OyP TIL that after their invasion of Vietnam, the Ming took Vietnamese captives back to China and among them, Ho Nguyen Trung, a firearms expert would go on to transform Chinese firearm technology and be venerated by the Chinese as the 'God of Firearms'
5VX68 TIL: The B-52 Stratofortress, first built in the 1950s, underwent upgrades in the 2010s and is now expected to remain in service until the 2050s.