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TIL the world’s oldest functioning light bulb was built in 1900 and is still burning.

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VB5vG TIL Jennifer Coolidge is president Calvin coolidge's 8th cousin twice removed.
XE50D TIL that on his 20th birthday, comedian Bill Murray joked about having two bombs in his luggage but instead was caught smuggling ten pounds of marijuana. He was convicted and sentenced to probation.
YLGv TIL M&Ms were invented in 1941 as a means for soldiers to enjoy chocolate without it melting. During the war the candy was sold exclusively to the military.
NREJ TIL: The longest recorded time spent awake was set in 1965 a high school student stayed awake for 264 hours (about 11 days)
AeEn TIL Steve Job may have survived if he had sought scientifically proven medical treatments earlier rather than the alternative remedies and juice cleanses that he tried first.