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TIL there are only 5 people still alive who were born in the 19th Century

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woY9Y TIL That in 1913, sickly Japanese Emperor Taisho rolled a prepared speech paper into a tube and stared through it like a telescope instead of reading that speech to parliament.
N7dVP TIL Two feuding mayors in France declared the same road one-way, in different directions.
DQokj TIL that Alaska congressman Mike Gravel spoke only French until the age of seven
kwre TIL that cycling is better than walking or running for maintaining muscle, strength, and fat loss
4kVGR TIL that, unlike wolves, dogs in the wild are not "pack animals." Free-ranging dogs form "loose, transitory associations" instead of packs, drawn together by a scarce resource such as food, and then go their separate ways.