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vPPNx TIL about the movie "Saved from the Titanic," released just 31 days after the disaster. It starred an actress who'd been aboard the ship and wore the clothes she'd worn the night it sank. Reportedly traumatized by reliving the tragedy, she quit acting soon after. The film was lost in a 1914 fire.
4XVNo TIL Amish men shave their mustaches as a protest against violence. The Amish were originally founded in Europe. At the time, mustaches were prevalent in the German military. The Amish began shaving their mustaches as a physical representation of their non-violent nature. It continues today.
XW8E TIL that Patsy Cline was offered a car ride back to Nashville with singer Dottie West. Cline refused, telling West, “Don’t worry about me, Hoss. When it’s my time to go, it’s my time.” Patsy Cline died in a plane crash later that same day.
0w68M TIL Indian housewives hold 11% of the world's gold. This is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland, and Germany put together.
Br5x TIL: On this date in 1877, Thomas Edison suggests using the word hello as a telephone greeting. The idea catches on.