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TIL the world’s oldest man is celebrating his bar mitzvah at age 113. His first one, 100 years ago, was cancelled due to World War 1.

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69PZY TIL in the mid-1950s, Hiller aircraft constructed flying platforms for an army-navy program. The pilot simply leaned in the desired direction in the platform would follow.
dPZQ TIL there are only 2 surviving species of monotremes (mammals that lay eggs), the platypus and the echidna, both of which are only indigenous to small areas of Australia and New Guinea.
l7nNV TIL: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was known as the dog shogun for his protections of dogs. During the his reign Edo became overrun with dogs.
4kkwo TIL that 56 No. 1 hit singles have been released by artists from the city of Liverpool alone.
XoAR TIL that Africans have the longest limbs, Europeans medium, and Asians shortest limbs due to increased or decreased surface area to expel or conserve heat in hot or cold climates.