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TIL about Delphia Welford, who died at age 117 in 1992 and who remains the validated African-American longevity recordholder up to this very day.

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epMpk TIL that the birds we call Penguins today are not actually penguins at all but another species of bird that was named after them because of their looks and their are no true penguins alive today.
7g9p TIL that Glenn Burke was not only the first openly gay major league baseball player, but is also credited with inventing the high five in 1977
OobN1 TIL Malawian albinos are murdered for their bones. Albino children are being hunted like animals in Malawi where their bones are sold in the belief the body parts bring wealth, happiness and good luck.
Jprv TIL there’s a brown bear on California’s state flag but the last brown bear in California was killed in 1922
8BPG TIL that in 1970 the CIA sent an officer to Uruguay to teach their government torture techniques and methods to suppress the population. He was captured by the rebels and killed. One of the leaders of those rebels is now the president of Uruguay.