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TIL that “Extinct” Pygmy Elephants Have Been Found Living on Borneo

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G0yQ TIL that a man once made a deal to pay a then 90-year old woman 2500 franc a month in order to inherit her aparment when she died. She eventually outlived the man with him dying 30 years later. The woman became the oldest person on earth, living to be 122.
jNBKa TIL Edith Fore, of "I've fallen and can't get up!" fame, began making commercials after actually falling, hitting her head, and, activating her medic alert. When Life Call responded, she gave her famous response. Life Call later selected Mrs. Fore to appear in commercials giving her testimonial.
oBYe8 TIL Radiohead dedicated their album 'The Bends' to the late comedian Bill Hicks
QJ616 TIL medical students frequently report having ‘medical student disease’, perceiving themselves to have the symptoms of the disease they are currently studying.
nWaXr TIL - the deepest underwater rescue occurred in 1973. Roger Mallison and Roger Chapman were trapped in their submersible on the seabed at 480m for 76 hours.