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TIL We Used To Sleep In Two Segments Every Night Until Electricity Was Invented

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6bWY TIL Peter Oakley, otherwise known as Geriatric1972, was the most subscribed user on Youtube in August 2006. The channel comprises of him describing events in his past, which includes serving the British army in WW2, an continued posting videos until he died in in March 23, 2014.
Lk5jr TIL the children's cartoon Arthur is still producing new episodes and is on its 21st season, and has been running longer than South Park
M7elb TIL The Lowest Recorded Temperature in Easter Island is 15 °C (59 °F) And The Highest Is 28 °C (82.4 °F)
DGDe TIL in 2009 a Hungarian art historian, while watching the movie Stuart Little with his daughter, spotted a long-lost avant-garde painting in the background. The painting was bought by a set designer in a Pasadena antiques shop for “next to nothing”, and later sold for $285,700 at an auction.
NLMM TIL that ‘you are my sunshine, my only sunshine’ song is actually pretty dark