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TIL Sewol Ferry started sinking in South Korea in 2014, the captain told the passengers, mostly secondary school students, to not move and just stay put. 304 passengers and crew members died in the disaster

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QJxQd TIL of Israel Keyes, a serial killer who had no preferred victim type and never killed in the same area twice. For one murder, he flew to Chicago and rented a car to get to Vermont, then used a murder kit he’d hidden two years earlier. When shopping, he kept his phone off and only paid in cash.
Bg4Zk TIL Sister Rosetta Tharpe. "The original soul sister" &"The Godmother of rock and roll" She was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, and use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, opening the way to the rise of electric blues.
NXGGM TIL the Carlton Tavern, based in London, was demolished by its owners after failing to obtain the necessary planning permission. The council subsequently ordered the pub to be rebuilt brick by brick. The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during WW2. It reopened in 2021.
vPjw8 TIL that Dave Coulier, the actor who played Joey Gladstone on “Full House,” has claimed to be the subject of Alanis Morissette’s hit song “You Oughta Know.” Bob Saget claimed to have been present at the dinner Alanis mentions in the song.
wovGE TIL that certain bat species (notably Mexican free-tailed bats, Tadarida brasiliensis) jam each other’s radar whilst hunting by emitting broadband ultrasonic “jamming signals” to interfere with the echolocation calls of nearby bats during prey pursuit.