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9wPXM TIL of J.W.H.T. Douglas, an English cricket player from the early 1900s, who drowned when the ship he was sailing on crashed into another. The captains of the ships were brothers, and were attempting to wish each other a Merry Christmas in passing when one rammed the other in heavy fog.
grnOL TIL 5% of Americans have Gilbert's syndrome, which affects the liver's ability to process bilirubin. People with GS are less likely to develop heart disease due to the antioxidant nature of bilirubin.
4kDAo TIL about the Franklin Athletic Club, from Franklin, PA, who won the World Series of Football in 1903, without giving up a score the entire season
gMybX TIL: Port Royal, Jamaica, a pirate safe haven in the Caribbean slid into the ocean largely intact during a massive earthquake. Nautical archeologists can now explore entire sections of old buildings underwater.
VPXG TIL the text “This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental" that’s at the end of films came about because the Russian prince who killed Rasputin sued MGM for not accurately depicting Rasputin’s murder in their 1932 film Rasputin and the Empress.