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TIL that a shark found in Greenland is the oldest living vertebrate on our planet, estimated to be around 512 years old.

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Gj14 TIL the average color of light in the universe is a shade of beige dubbed “Cosmic Latte”
Dv6v TIL Cornell University requires students to take a swimming test at orientation. If they fail, they have to take a Beginning Swimming class.
WQv8 TIL that in 1999, US forces bombed a Chinese embassy, killing 3 ambassadors and injuring 20. The incident was blamed on outdated maps. China never accepted the US explanation, and it was later revealed that the CIA actually had accurate maps.
ZpKvp TIL in 1876, the government of Japan forced Korea to admit Japanese merchants and trading vessels into the Korean port city of Busan in a gradual attempt to force the Korean government to abandon its policy of isolationism
dLyE TIL When the Beatles broke up in 1970, none of them had yet turned 30 years old.