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TIL 92 of the 100 oldest People currently alive are Female

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0wLrR TIL that there is a woman who can smell Parkinson's disease, according to her, people with Parkinson's have a slightly musky smell.
NXAo1 TIL the earliest evidence of pavement markings are from Mexico around 1600 AD. It consisted of a centerline of stone of a lighter color
6EMdQ TIL that even though Berkeley had one of the best rugby teams in the US that won many national championships, the university wanted to get rid of the team in 2010 in order to reduce costs. Only after a ton of fundraising was the sport kept.
4Y6o TIL that the Wachowskis asked Warner Bros. for $80 million to make The Matrix but only got $10 million approved, so they decided to spend all of that money on the opening sequence. They showed it to the Warner executives who were so impressed that they gave them their original budget.
nQG7 TIL of Witold Pilecki, a Polish Army officer who volunteered to get imprisoned in Auschwitz to gather intelligence and escape