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78W4O TIL MV Doulos Phos held the record of being the world's oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship, serving from 1914 until December 2009.
rNYMM TIL the oldest verified Austrian man so far is the accomplished mathematician Leopold Vietoris (1981-2002), who finished his thesis as a WWI's POW, fought in WWII at the age of 50, and wrote his last research paper at the age of 103
R7pY8 TIL the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space is called the Kármán line
woV7J TIL that Abraham Lincoln nearly joined the Donner-Reed Party on their disastrous journey. It was only because of his wife's disapproval that he did not go with his good friend James Reed.
W7e6L TIL there are towns in Pennsylvania named Paradise, Fertility, Blue Ball, and Intercourse