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TIL that the annual Exxon safety calendar featured the Exxon Valdez for the month of March in 1989. On March 24th, 1989, the Valdez ran aground - the most devastating environmental oil spill in history.

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xZjD TIL some people really have a natural tendency to be clumsy, and that it may be treatable.
vNJL TIL that liquid oxygen, once absorbed into organic materials like wood, can cause them to detonate when struck with mechanical force.
pYv1A TIL about the RMS Mülheim, a German owned freighter that was wrecked off the coast of Ireland because the officer of the bridge had his trousers caught in the lever of his chair while getting up and was subsequently knocked unconscious.
R5V47 TIL Nintendo copied LEGO in the 60´s and outsold them for a few years in Japan. Their N&B Block series were very similar to LEGO an way more popular because they had more round shapes. Nintendo stopped the N&B Block series in the early 70s, most likely due to legal pressure from LEGO.
Mek6B TIL most animal and plant species are able to generate Vitamin C on their own. Humans (and related species), Guinea Pigs and Capybaras are among the few that can't