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TIL that Kirk Douglas and his wife lived to a combined age of 205

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VP98 TIL that Today all Dutch trains are powered 100% by wind energy
GYdkg TIL the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer story idea was initially rejected, as in the 1930s red noses were associated with alcoholism and drunkards. The author asked an illustrator friend to draw "cute reindeer," and these drawings convinced management to support the idea.
ep5k TIL that in the 1650s Anthony Johnson, an African man, won a court case that let him keep another African, John Casor, as his slave instead of ending his indentured servitude. This meant that the first legally recognized owner of a permanent slave in America was an African man.
QJxee TIL of Myrtle Corbin, a woman born with two pairs of legs and two sets of internal and external reproductive anatomies, who gave birth to five children in her lifetime and had no major health issues, living to the age of 59
nWjE7 TIL that researchers actually studied the brain activity of free-style rappers to figure out how they improvise lyrics on the go.