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TIL that the oldest person in the world is 116 years and 116 days old TODAY

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Yp4Jv TIL In December 1944, US soldier Richard Brookins dressed up as St. Nicolas to hand out gifts to the children of Wiltz, Luxembourg. Though 80% of Wiltz was destroyed soon after, the event is celebrated each year with a 40s "GI" dressed as St. Nick. Brookins passed in 2018, having visited many times.
wb9E TIL that within one year after a vasectomy, sixty to seventy per cent of vasectomized men develop antisperm antibodies.
78Ro7 TIL that in order to fulfill his record contract, singer Andrew Eldritch released one album as the band SSV-NSMABAAOTWMODAACOTIATW, said to stand for "Screw Shareholder Value – Not So Much a Band as Another Opportunity to Waste Money on Drugs and Ammunition Courtesy of the Idiots at Time Warner".
E18Jx TIL that a Danish artist is hiding enormous troll statues made with recycled materials in Belgian forests
xVOn0 TIL It's generally agreed that 10 power is the upper limit of hand-holdable binoculars. The higher the magnification, the greater the wobble. At some point, the wobble negates the increased resolution that magnification provides