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TIL humans may be only 20 years away from inventing immortality

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rN4kw TIL: April 8 was chosen for Rex Manning day in Empire Records, because that is the day Kurt Cobain was found dead, and the writers felt that the '90s had 'lost its mascot.'
yJMJ TIL a man with an IQ 190 was on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and got the $16,000 question on the world’s highest capital city wrong. He later discovered the question was flawed and sued.
0wZ05 TIL that almost a month after the Titanic sank, a lifeboat from it containing three decomposed bodies was found 200 miles away
XEeVR TIL Chung Ju-yung, the founder of Hyundai, originally wanted to become a school teacher, but his family's dire financial situation made him unable to get higher education. Instead, he ran away from his family to Seoul, where he started a construction company, Hyundai, in 1947.
DQX5v TIL Coal-fired power plants produce more radioactive waste than nuclear power plants