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TIL that during 9/11 James Cameron was in a submarine making a documentary about the Titanic. He only learned about the attack hours later when he surfaced.

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Z8Yr4 TIL: In 2009, a researcher received a grant to explore novel materials for applications in electronics. When he tried heating the oxides of manganese, yttrium and indium at 2,000 °F, he inadvertently found the bluest blue pigment to date.
l6YG TIL An eight year old boy in India is the worlds youngest known serial killer
epBDD TIL that the first-ever recorded reference to a prom was found in the 1894 journal of a male Amherst student. It recounted an invitation for a special trip to a formal dance at neighboring Smith College, which is an all-female school. "Prom" was originally short for "promenade".
neDyB TIL that there is a reservoir in space that holds 140 trillion times the amount of water in Earth's oceans.
RbXQ TIL the CIA attempted to discredit Castro by making his beard fall off.