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TIL that the world’s oldest known living tree is over 9,500 years old and is located in Sweden.

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xxR7 TIL that US presidents do not age faster while in office. The wrinkles and gray hair acquired at fast rates are due to them being on their 40s and 50s at the time of their inauguration
eKr6 TIL that the fastest (english) typist in the world could maintain 150 words per minute with a max speed of 212 wpm. She also failed her high school typing class.
KlP4 TIL In 1885 W.T. Stead, a newspaper editor for the Pall Mall Gazette, wrote a series of four articles about child prostitution. To prove the point he “purchased” a 13-year-old prostitute. The concerning article is said to have helped pass a bill that raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.
JYwVB TIL the disney Pixar movie wall-e angered fat pride groups for its message towards obese people.
nWJjG TIL the Woodstock 1999 festival was so ill-prepared for the crowd size that portable toilets overflowed and there was no shade from the heat. Attendees started playing in mud to cool off unaware it was contaminated by waste leaking from toilets leading to many cases of trench mouth and trench foot.