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TIL The ‘O’ in Irish surnames means means 'grandson of’.

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MeK1B TIL there has been only one male under age 30 to win the Best Actor Academy Award, meanwhile 32 women under age 30 have won Best Actress
We7L TIL a light bulb manufactured in the 1890’s has been in almost nonstop use since 1901
a16y TIL the US Navy shot down a civilian airliner en route to Dubai from Tehran in 1988, killing 290 people, in Iranian airspace and waters.
Bbvk TIL of Colby Curtin, an eleven year old girl who’s dying wish was to see the movie ‘UP.’ A Pixar employee was sent to the girls house and screened the movie for her and her family. She died seven hours later shortly after watching the film.
e05Yg TIL about the Max Headroom signal hijacking of 1987.