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TIL in 1961, the captain of a ship named “Bluebelle” killed all its passengers except a young girl who he left for dead in the ship he scuttled, the girl was able to escape and drifted for four days on sea before rescued, the captain later committed suicide upon learning of her survival.

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GAZwJ TIL the Michelin guide (where the best restaurants are catalogued) was a marketing tool for the Michelin tire company. (I always thought the name was just coincidence.)
NaGQ TIL that TBS speeds up shows up to 9% to gain extra commercial ad time
oBWGr TIL of ablaut reduplication, an unwritten English rule that makes "tick-tock" sound normal, but not "tock-tick". When repeating words, the first vowel is always an I, then A or O. "Chit chat" not "chat chit"; "ping pong" not "pong ping", etc. It's unclear why this rule exists, but it's never broken
XEAj8 TIL the first computer of any description to sell one million units, the VIC-20, was put together by a team of 5 people at Commodore, who used to stay back late and steal equipment to do the development work because no one else in the company would cooperate with them.
Z8NEB TIL that the gang members in GTA V are voiced by actual gang members in real life