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TIL the Kakapo, a large green flightless parrot from New Zealand, has a life expectancy of up to a 100 years.

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ZpPeo TIL Rhoda Abbott, 39, was the only woman aboard Titanic to survive going into the freezing water- every other female survivor was lowered in a lifeboat- and the only woman aboard after 2:05 A.M. to survive. Abbott swam to Collapsible A and climbed aboard, but lost her 2 teenage sons in the chaos.
7OYP TIL that the assassins of Japanese Prime Minister, Inukai Tsuyoshi, had originally planned to assassinate Charlie Chaplin who was a guest in his house, hoping to trigger a war with the USA. Chaplin, however, escaped this fate as he had gone for a sumo wrestling match.
R50el TIL that during the Mexican revolution (1910-1920) 2 presidents were exiled and 4 were assassinated or murdered.
Z86jR TIL Stalin's wife, Nadezhda, often argued with him, partly due to her desire to pursue a career, when he wanted her to have a domestic role. She later shot herself in the heart. Her death was announced as appendicitis, and her children were not told the truth of her death until years later.
GQOJ TIL that in 986, Vladimir the Great, audited the major religions before choosing one to unify Russia. Apparently he decided against adopting the Muslim faith because “Drinking is the joy of the Rus’, we can’t go without it”.