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TIL Karl Marx was known for his extravagant and wasteful spending

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b9BaQ TIL that there exists a photograph of a baby with his mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and great-great-great-grandmother.
nWJ19 TIL P.T. Barnum showed off a “161”-year-old woman. After her death in 1836, an autopsy was performed and it concluded that her body was not >80 years old, aligning more closely with persons in their 70s than those >100 years
9wg5r TIL a Pirate named William Dampier was the first to write down a recipe for making Guacamole in English.
lYBK TIL On D-Day General Eisenhower kept a statement in his pocket, never used, to be read out in case the Normandy landings failed.
X0vD6 TIL a teen got hyperacusis after an airhorn was blasted near her ear. Her type of hyperacusis makes her so sensitive to sound that it hurts and caused her to drop out of school because the voices of teachers were too painful. She also needs special noise cancelling headphones at the mall.