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TIL Italian Emma Morano, who is 117 years old, is the last living person born in the 1800s (Nov. 29, 1899)

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dDv67 TIL of New Ireland - a large island in Papua New Guinea with a population of 120,000 people. It is named after the island of Ireland.
QJWDL TIL A Catholic Priest, Georges Lemaître, was first to propose what became known as the Big Bang theory. The origin of the universe, which he called his "hypothesis of the primeval atom" or the "Cosmic Egg." And was first to derive what is now known as Hubble's law.
1PK7 TIL there were so many mummified cats excavated in Egypt that 19 tons of them were shipped to England to be used as fertilizer
6EaAm TIL that despite its popular depictions, the 5 stages of grief is considered to be an outdated theory.
p8mMQ Google has controls that let you manage what happens to your account when you die.