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

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8ey7K TIL that during WWII the average recruit was 5’8” tall and weighed 144 pounds. During basic training, they gained 5-20 pounds and added an inch to their 33 1/4” chest.
bV74 TIL “SOS” does not actually stand for anything; “save our souls” or “save our ships” are just simply misinterpreted backronyms. SOS was simply chosen for its convenient communication.
Wk9AL TIL when Stanley Kubrick asked Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters to use elements of the Atom Heart Mother suite, Waters refused because Kubrick wanted to cut the piece to fit the film. Later, when Waters asked Kubrick if he could use sounds from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick duly refused.
9wLgp TIL a computer programme called ePuzzler was developed in Germany to automatically piece together the documents the Stasi tried to shred after the fall of the Berlin wall based on torn edge characteristics, font and colour
Nk61 TIL Steve Jobs has no public record of giving to charity