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TIL the world’s longest lasting light bulb has been burning for the past 113 years

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W7EYo TIL: To this very day there is a 'cargo cult' on Tanna island in the Republic of Vanuatu that believes that an American named John Frum will return one day and reward the faithful with prosperity and riches.
joEj TIL that US senators sought to ban ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ from theaters for “[making] the Senate look like a bunch of crooks”
QMmE TIL the Rwandan Parliament is the only one in the world with a female majority.
XgBX TIL The family of China’s last imperial family live in obscurity and the niece of the last emperor went out of her way to marry a penniless husband descended from farmers to prove that she was part of the new China rather than the Imperial China
9daD TIL that Jason Mewes memorized the entire screenplay of Dogma before filming, because he “didn’t want to piss off that Rickman dude.”