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TIL. That cruise ships keep infrared cameras on the sides of the ships to spot people who fall overboard.

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v10W8 TIL that Kobe Bryant won an Oscar.
0xPA TIL Japan is home to a 105-year-old sprinter and he hopes to race Usain Bolt one day.
ORZ4 TIL of Begum Samru (1753-1836), an Indian dancing girl who became the wealthy ruler of her own small principality. She led her troops into battle, and was so successful that many believed that she had supernatural powers. After baptism, Samru became India’s only Catholic ruler.
5Y7jP TIL that before 1530, when “Syphilis” was coined, the Russians had been calling it "Polish disease", the Polish and Germans "French disease" and the Dutch "Spanish disease". The French called it "Italian disease" but the Italians called it "French disease” back at them.
gDmA TIL that William Hung of American Idol ‘She Bangs’ fame retired from music in 2011 and is now a Los Angeles crime scene analyst