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TIL after falling out with her son, Elton John’s mother hired an Elton John tribute act to play at her 90th birthday party.

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QJMv6 TIL the oldest person who ever lived (122 years) smoked cigarettes from age 21 (1896) to 117 (1992).
E11NW Right after they invented the garage.
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