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TIL The world's oldest "Yo mama" joke is 3,500 years old

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Eyeo TIL that in China the movie ‘21 & Over’ was about “a boy who leaves China, gets corrupted by our wayward, Western partying ways and goes back to China a better person.”
epAob TIL: The United States of America has more Olympic gold medals than any other country has total medals
Y7k6A TIL on March 15, 2011, 51-year-old William Melchert-Dinkel went online under screen names like "Cami" and "Falcongirl" encouraging people to commit suicide. Those who were interested he would instruct them step by step. He admitted to assisting in the deaths of 5 people but was only convicted for 2.
xVA1o TIL in 1985 New York Governor Mario Cuomo denied the existence of the mafia when asked by reporters, and called them "a lot of baloney". This incident, and Cuomo's rumored mob ties, became a common explanation for him not running for President in 1992.
LDVP TIL that the communicator used by Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace is actually a Gillete Sensor Excel women’s razor