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TIL that Ramjit Raghav was the oldest father, he had his first child with his wife at age 94, and had a second child at age 96. He passed away in 2020 at the age of 104

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mGrR TIL the amount of matter converted to energy in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was about 700 milligrams, less than one-third the mass of a U.S. dime.
RAr4 TIL that in 2004 Coca Cola introduced their ‘Dasani’ water brand to the UK and it was discovered to be London mains water simply put through reverse osmosis. Somehow they also introduced a carcinogen called bromate into the water and the brand was shut down.
LkmBV TIL an immune disease named Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is suspected of being an underlying cause of most of the historical accounts of demonic possession
VMBKQ TIL that Iron Maiden's frontman Bruce Dickinson never got into drugs and showed his kids what people that got messed up by drugs looked like to let them judge for themselves.
Mek8a TIL scientists confirmed that having a younger or older sister makes you a better person. A 2010-study, which involved 400 families with siblings at the age of 10 – 14, indicated that having a sister positively affected the mental well-being of the siblings.