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TIL Strom Thurmond remained in the US Senate until he was 100

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M7EbW TIL of Harriet, a tortoise owned by Steve Irwin's Australia zoo that was estimated to be 175 years old when she died in 2006. Reportedly collected from the Galapagos by C.Darwin, she first arrived in Australia in the mid 19th century. For over 100 years, she was mistaken for a male and named Harry
Oodm6 TIL The Russo brothers only allowed Robert Downey Jr. to read the entire 'Avengers: Endgame' script. This was done to help make it easier to contain spoilers and leaks of plot points by having fewer eyes on the full script.
L569 TIL That analysts think that Motorola pays $5 more per device to manufacture the Moto X in the US than Apple pays to manufacture the iPhone in China.
rg0W TIL of Venus Ramey, tobacco farmer and Miss America 1944, who at age 82 confronted two thieves with a .38 then shot out their tires when they tried to escape
GAv8G TIL sci fi author Jack Williamson coined the terms terraforming (1942), psionics (1952), and was one of the first people to use the term genetic engineering.