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TIL most of the people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 were girls/women aged 14-23. In addition, the doors were locked (preventing escape), a common practice of the time to reduce theft and breaks by workers. Many women people jumped out of the 8/9/10th floors

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xYkg TIL that, in 2007, Princes William and Harry asked Channel 4 not to broadcast a documentary featuring footage of their mother’s dying moments. Channel 4 broadcast the documentary anyway, then put out an additional programme an hour later to debate whether it had been right for them to do so.
w4y8 TIL that Christopher Lee, while spending some time on leave from the RAF during WWII, climbed Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy. It erupted three days later.
nBKB TIL the Exxon Valdez, a ship that caused one of the most infamous oil spills in history is still carrying oil today, albeit with a different name. However,it is banned from carrying oil off of the Alaskan coast, the site of the spill
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