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TIL: That the USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned ship still in active service.

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8LJa TIL Alberta, Canada has been virtually rat free for decades. The provincial government has maintained a successful rat extermination program since shortly after World War II.
OGxrg TIL In Tudor England, there was a type of criminal called a "baretop trickster". It was a woman who would flash her breasts to lure men into a house. Once the man was inside he would be robbed by the woman’s accomplices.
VMa0G TIL in 2008, researchers at Toronto Western Hospital were conducting experimental deep brain stimulation for obesity treatment & discovered that it caused vivid memory flashbacks, which led to their method being used in a Phase 3 trial for Alzheimer's disease
NXB9Q TIL the first known cases of Leprosy date back to the 2nd millennia B.C. but a reliable cure had not been found and recommended until 1981
VMERZ TIL that in a baby’s first year, parents lose around 350 hours of sleep at night.