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TIL there is video of someone born in the 1700s.

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QNNYd TIL a plant hopper (Issus coleoptratus) is the first species found to have functional biological gears
x6xlB TIL the creator of Little Nemo also created a comic strip aimed at adults where a character would eat a Welsh Rarebit (open faced grilled cheese) and then would be subjecting with absurdist, dark dreams until he woke up. This was 1904.
dDVOd TIL: Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a “Work Life Choice Challenge” by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the same period the previous year.
D14QD TIL - WALL-E (the Pixar film,) is dedicated to Justin Wright. Justin was 12 when he had a heart transplant and his make-a-wish was to visit Pixar. He survived the transplant and later became an animator at Pixar. He died of a massive heart attack 3 months before its release.
WELY TIL George Washington was surprised to discover the Chinese weren’t White