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TIL the "half your age plus seven rule" was created in 1901 by a French author who believed men should marry women who were half their age plus seven

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5Vg0k TIL that just a few days after surviving the sinking of the Titanic, actress Dorothy Gibson starred in a silent motion picture short about the disaster called "Saved from the Titanic". Gibson even wore the same clothes she wore the night of the sinking to add to the films authenticity.
Y771r TIL: Colma, California was founded as a necropolis and the dead still outnumber the living 1000:1. The town's motto is "it's great to be alive in Colma".
BgbLd TIL in 1983 Albert Rizzo set the WR for the longest time treading water at 108 hours. He performed the feat in the sea at Gżira in Malta, eating only liquid food. He extended his record to 132 hours in 1984 before the Guinness Book of Records stopped monitoring the record in 1986 due to its danger.
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