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TIL that the RMS Carpathia, the ship that picked up the Titanic survivors, was sunk by a German submarine six years later.

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LQYrd TIL: Your memories aren’t stored in a single place – Instead, they are reconstructed from different brain regions every time you recall them. Over time, repeatedly recalling a memory can make it more about how you last remembered it rather than the original event itself.
GoXN TIL that ritchie valens was only 17 on the day the music died and he recorded “La Bamba” when he was 16.
GAynN TIL that the first known vending machine was created in ancient Egypt by Hero of Alexandria and dispensed holy water after inserting a coin.
E1j9X TIL about Emma Morano. She was born November 29, 1899, and died on April 15, 2017. She was the last living person to be born in the 1800s.
5VKJn TIL that the oldest person in the world is 116 years and 116 days old TODAY