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TIL: The Centennial Light is the world's longest-lasting light bulb, burning since 1901. ] It is often cited as evidence for the existence of planned obsolescence in later-produced light bulbs.

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1a5WV TIL a restaurant in New York doesn't employ chefs, but instead employs grandmas. Each day, a different grandma from around the world designs her own menu.
781br TIL about Gorham's disease, also known as vanishing bone disease, is a rare skeletal disorder where bones progressively disappear and are replaced by abnormal blood vessels or fibrous tissue. It can affect any part of the skeleton and its cause is unknown.
4X4JX TIL Cyanide pills were distributed to audience members of the last Berlin Philharmonic concert on 12 April 1945 as Allied forces approached Berlin and the surrender of Germany seemed imminent.
4mER TIL Octopuses don’t actually have eight arms, they have only six while the remaining two are legs.
ADE8B TIL of "Zonal" languages. Zonals are like universal languages but for a specific language family. Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages would all have their own "Zonal" designed using familiar rules/logic/alphabet/etc. The goal is promoting greater regional cohesion in a language zone.