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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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awXYZ TIL of Guido Keller, a decorated Italian WWI aviator who joined a pirate gang and took over a city, brought full tea services aboard his flights, engaged in giant orgies with both sexes, was addicted to cocaine, explored the Amazon River, and enjoyed posing nude for photos
XEk88 TIL that Conrad Hester, in 1852 at the age of 103, became the earliest born person to ever be photographed.
jNJvj TIL that the inventor of the Popsicle was just an 11-year old kid.
vDLL TIL: After starting his first hedge fund in 2006, ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli lost a $2.3m lawsuit to Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers collapsed before they could collect.
9Y7O7 TIL of Dessau-Wörlitz Garden an 17th century garden that contains a Synagogue that survived the Nazis, A grotto, Gothic House, replicas of Roman temples and a working replica volcano.