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YpOQZ TIL that, at the time of his death aged 97 years and 4 days, Harland Fairweather was the oldest person ever with a living parent. His mother Violent Brown died almost five months later at age 117.
NawE TIL that Silly String is employed by militaries to reveal tripwires, as it will hang off them but doesn’t weigh enough to trip them.
16Gkr TIL: Children from divorced families dies five years earlier on average
yQREV TIL the fastest speed ever recorded on a bicycle is 183.931 mph. Recorded by Denise Mueller-Korenek in 2018 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, the gearing on the bike was so steep that she was towed to a speed of around 100mph before taking over under her own power!
neEN9 TIL Soundgarden's song "Spoonman" was about a Seattle-based street performer named Artis who has traveled the world playing the spoons since the late 1960s. He played spoons and various other percussion "instruments" throughout the song.