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TIL a tortoise named ‘Harriet’ died in 2006 at the age of 176. To put that into perspective, she was a pet of Charles Darwin in 1835 and lived until blu-ray discs were available.

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W1eX TIL that Liars Find It More Rewarding to Tell Truth Than Fib When Deceiving Others
ej1D TIL that the most successful pirate raid in history was Henry Avery’s capture of the Indian treasure ship Ganj-i-sawai in 1695. The plunder was £600,000 worth of jewels and precious metals, equivalent to £52.4 million or $81 million today.
rREAw TIL that retired workers in Dublin Distilleries would get a bottle of whiskey every month as part of their pension.
v1jg7 TIL the photo of Pope John Paul II torn to pieces by Sinead O’Connor on SNL in 1992 was not a prop: "The photo itself had been on my mother's bedroom wall since the day the fucker was enthroned in 1978.”
N7boM TIL Sandra Bullock accepted in person the Razzie for Worst Actress one day, and the Academy Award for Best Actress the next.