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TIL that Margaret Ann Neve was the first recorded female supercentenarian and the second validated human to reach the age of 110. She was also the first proven individual whose life spanned three centuries, having been born in 1792 and died in 1903.

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9EwQ TIL 1/3 of homeless people in the United States have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (approx. 250,000 of 744,000).
pY7BN TIL that Kim Jong-il had a plan to breed giant rabbits to feed the poor. He bought 12. When his supplier asked if he wanted help breeding them, an official notified him that Kim had eaten them for his birthday.
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