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TIL there are 11 surviving people born in the 1800s.

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66VZ TIL that during his trial for beastiality, Paul Lovell was asked why he decided to have sex with a sheep. He said he turned his attention to the sheep after a cow rejected his advances for felatio. The jury erupted in laughter.
xVmBg TIL in Florida here is no law which requires a person to provide emergency assistance to a person in need of help or to call 911 for them.
ne8aB TIL Louis Silberkleit graduated from New York Law School, co-founded MLJ Magazines (later known as Archie Comics), and served as its publisher for many years
waE TIL the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, who after the comic’s end became a recluse and evaded interviews and fans, revealed new art after a 16 year absence (an oil painting) to support a cartoonist with Parkinson’s.
5VVk9 TIL Mario Puzo, in addition to being the author of 'The Godfather' and co-authoring all three Godfather screenplays with Francis Ford Coppola, also wrote the screenplays for the disaster film 'Earthquake' as well as the original 'Superman' and 'Superman II' movies.