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TIL there is a light bulb in California that has been almost continuously burning since 1901, and has been cited as evidence of planned obsolescence in modern technology.

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p8jNG TIL that from the Stalin-era to the early Brezhnev-era, the Soviet economy grew faster than the United States
e0B8g TIL that the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas has a beam that the FAA officaly listed it as a flight way point and that it can be seen from Los Angeles
Vm7Q TIL Twelve female snipers of the Russian 3rd Shock Army have a combined kill count of 775 during World War II and it is estimated that in 1943 the Soviet Union had over 2000 female snipers in their military.
nWL67 TIL about a list of murderers who were released only to murder again.
jN0bR TIL Robert Propst, inventor of modern day Cubicles in 1968, called them “monolithic insanity” before he died in 2000.