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TIL Serena and Venus Williams had an older sister who was shot dead in 2003 in an act of gang violence.

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bKL9 TIL The first recorded instance of a man “giving no fucks” was George Tucker in 1790. Writing about his son’s bookish tendencies, his poem says “I’d not give a fuck for all you’ve read”.
NnaM TIL that 13 years ago today Apple released the very first iPod with a whopping 5GB of internal storage
ADYkd TIL lobsters do not die due to aging. They become stronger and more fertile with age due to the presence of enzyme telomerase which tepairs DNA sequence.
X0vED TIL the U.S developed a NUCLEAR Air-to-Air missile during the early days of the cold war to shoot down nuclear bombers
oBDnA TIL a pulp and paper mill in Ontario was a NAZI pow camp in WWII, and a captured navigator drew a map of the world by hand that is still there behind glass.