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TIL about Leila Denmark, an American pediatrician who was seeing patients until age 103

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m18jP TIL that multiple undetonated bombs have been found in Pompeii. As a result of Allied bombing during World War II, it is estimated that between seven and ten unexploded bombs remain in the unexcavated portions of the site. The last time one went off was over thirty years ago.
9YKYQ TIL Robert Downey Jr. provided his DVD commentary in Tropic Thunder as Lincoln Osiris, a nod to a joke in the film that Lazarus never breaks character until he completes the DVD commentary
gQWA TIL that there’s an organization called “419 Eater” which is dedicated to wasting the time of scammers by pretending to fall for their scams.
aNDo TIL Newton’s flaming laser sword is a philosophical razor that states anything that cannot be settled by experiment is not worthy of debating.
8Je8 TIL that baby dumping, or rehoming, is still legal in Arkansas.