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TIL The rule “The Captain goes down with the ship” was not intended to save ship, passengers or crew, but to prevent others from claiming cargo as salvage.

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MD1K TIL Marvin Gaye, following his 1976 divorce, was ordered to give half the takings from his next album to his ex-wife. His next album was called “Here, My Dear”.
GAKGJ TIL The largest living organism on Earth is not a whale or a tree but a fungus called Armillaria ostoyae, also known as the "humongous fungus," which spans over 2,385 acres in Oregon's Malheur National Forest.
oAZK TIL Canada is part of the European Space Agency
WkZed TIL that the Gurkha Contingent is the last remaining unit in Singapore to employ original British drill commands.
NQ6P TIL: 90% of interracial violent crime is committed by blacks against whites.