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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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X6OP TIL that 4chan users once convinced 9gag users to DDoS themselves.
DjyJ TIL Robert Moses, who developed much of New York City, deliberately built overpasses that couldn’t accommodate city buses in order to keep poor minorities from being able to access his beach developments.
7pQx TIL: The premise for The Office (US TV series) documentary was how they handled the suicide of a co-worker mentioned in S2E8, which is also why Ryan the Temp was hired
xWLw TIL Billionare Warren Buffet resides in a 6000 sqaure-foot home located in Omaha, Nebraska that he purchased in 1958 for $31,500 (roughly $250,000 present-day).
8gjL TIL of the Bajau People who live in the middle of the sea, rarely go on land, have no nationality, no fixed abode, no money and go spear fishing with no scuba gear, including oxygen tanks