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TIL:That the oldest women in the world(now deceased) Jeanne Calment was "discovered" when she spoke in a documentary about meeting Vincent Van Gogh.

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oRgRW TIL that there's an event in Louisiana where they have convicts sit in the middle of an arena playing poker while an angry bull charges at them
5VMVB TIL Travis, the chimpanzee that was famous for ripping a woman’s face off, also was struck by a bottle thrown by a pedestrian, at a stop light, before unbuckling his seatbelt, jumping out the window, and chasing the man on foot then disappearing for several hours.
WkBVN TIL that the Crazy Horse memorial in South Dakota has been under construction for 72 years and has to frequently pause due to all funds being donations.
ne1Lb TIL Good King Wenceslas is technically a Boxing Day (26 Dec) carol, not a Christmas carol.
WN0B TIL A second grader was suspended for biting a Pop-Tart into the shape of a mountain, which school officials mistook for a gun.