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TIL that the oldest known tortoise of modern times lived for 256 years, from 1750-2006. This unfortunately makes him the oldest virgin ever known with no records of his progeny.

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PYM9G TIL Patrick Bateman from 'American Psycho' was inspired by Tom Cruise... Christian Bale studied Cruise's mannerisms after seeing the actor give an interview, stating "he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes."
nWVW7 TIL about combat juggling. A sport that combines the art of juggling, and the natural human spirit of fighting
R7nK9 TIL the Guinness Book of World Records has vehemently refused to validate any attempt at the world record for the longest time spent awake, believing that it's dangerous to human health. The current record is 264 hours or around 11 days, which was set by a high school student as a science project
KOBb9 TIL Products made in Japan were ridiculed and thought to be low quality until 1950 when The New York Times reported the excellence of Nikon cameras during the Korean war with the headline "Japanese camera"
9nRr TIL the 1964 Alaska Megathrust quake (magnitude 9.2) was so violent it drove land vertically upwards by 30 feet and liquified the soil, creating vast forests of dead trees still standing today.