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TIL the oldest known dog to have ever lived is still alive.

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8g8K TIL Texas started a $10k degree initiave and now there are 12 schools offering degrees for $10k TOTAL and other states are following suit
mwGp TIL in 1998, a group of hackers – identified only by their “hacker names”, including “Kingpin”, “Mudge”, and “Space Rogue” – testified before a U.S. Senate committee. They described how they could take make the internet “unusable for the entire nation” with “just a few packets”.
GYoeN TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.
DA5Y TIL the abandoned island in SKYFALL actually exists off the coast of Japan.
6EmQl TIL the gold medalist in the men's triathlon in the 2016 Olympics ran the 10k portion in around 31 minutes. This is the same as running a mile in around 5 minutes for six times. The 10k portion of triathlon takes place after a 1.5 km swim and 40 km cycle with no breaks in between.