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TIL That the RMS in the name RMS Titanic stands for Royal Mail Ship

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64ow TIL that today is the 47th anniversary of Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty - 34 Americans were killed in the attack and another 174 were wounded. The ship, a $40-million dollar state-of-the-art signals intelligence platform was destroyed
0KwL TIL that if whatever dish you’re microwaving gets hotter than the food/drink you’re microwaving, it is not microwave safe.
8eNbb TIL The First Photograph Ever Taken in 1826 or 1827 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce it was captured using a technique Niépce invented called heliography.
8e8b4 TIL in 1997, Amy Tobey, an employee in charge of ball-park music at Fenway Park, played ‘Sweet Caroline’ during a Boston Red Sox game because someone she knew just had a baby named Caroline. It caught on with fans, and now many teams from different sports leagues play the song during home games.
awpvM TIL In the first two years of legal medically assisted-suicide in Canada, 3715 people took that option.