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The earliest film describing the Titanic was released in 1912, only 29 days after the sinking of the ship. The film, Saved from the Titanic, stars Dorothy Gibson, an American film actress who survived the Titanic.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saved_from_the_Titanic
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Today I learned about Contoso, an imaginary company registered by Microsoft to serve as an example (without fear of copyright infringement/claims).
In addition, the company has many imaginary employees who serve as example people.
On April 1, 2011, Google posted that Contoso are going to manage their organization by Google's tools.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contoso
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Well-known mathematician Kurt Gedel, when he was preparing for a US citizenship test, noticed a breakthrough in the US Constitution that allows the United States to become a dictatorship, despite the various protections of democracy in it.
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Today I learned that two years ago, Indian scientists discovered a new spider, and because of its resemblance to the sorting hood from Harry Potter, they called it Eriovixia Gryffindori.
The author, JK Rowling, congratulated the scientists.
