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TIL there was chinese herbalist who, some believed, lived to be 256 years old

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vgZD TIL that in 1993, an Army husband cut off his wifes lovers head, dropped in her lap while she was in the hospital pregnant and said “"Look Diane, Glover’s here. He’ll sleep with you every night, only you won’t sleep at night”
PY0Qn TIL of William James Beal. In 1879, he started one of the longest running experiments in botany, testing the seed viability of 21 plant species over long periods of time. The experiment is scheduled to finish in 2100, when the last bottle of seeds will be tested.
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