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l7EQG TIL in 1915, the USS Eastland cruise ship was retrofitted with additional lifeboats due to new regulations following The Titanic disaster. The additional top-heavy weight caused it to sink before it left port, killing 844 passengers.
Egr5x TIL people are heavier today compared to the 1970s and 80s even after controlling for the same amount of caloric intake and exercise.
wLm66 TIL that Hindu genealogy registers are kept by the Pandits in Haridwar, India. Some of them stretch across centuries, tracing family history of up to twenty prior generations. These registers are considered sacrosanct and have been used to settle legal disputes relating to inheritance.
4gjR TIL that a fire fighter who was receiving $75,000-a-year disability pension, got caught competing in brutal kickboxing competitions
N7aGJ TIL the last execution by guillotine was carried out in France in 1977, Beheading as a form of capital punishment was outlawed 4 years later