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TIL of Emma Morano, the only living person to have been born in the 1800s. On November 29th she will be one of only 5 other people in history to have reached 117 years of age.

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PYneV TIL The ratio of people using email for fun versus those using it for work has flipped since the 1990s. Many people nowadays dread email "because it is a conduit for unwanted advertising, a wide range of spam, and flat out attempts to scam or ‘phish’ us”
O8KX TIL that George Bush’s Wikipedia page is the number one most controversial Wikipedia page as determined by the amount of times that someone changed something on the page only to have someone else come and change it back to the previous wording.
VM6l0 TIL that “murder hornets” have touched down in WA and the U.S is desperately trying to eradicate them before they spread. Murder hornets are highly invasive, 2 inches long and will kill you if you’re stung a few times. It can also put you in cardiac arrest. This is what May has to offer.
Bgegy TIL a 2013 study estimated that classified-ad buyers in the US saved $5 billion from 2000-2007 as a result of Craigslist entering the market. In addition, local newspapers lost out on billions in revenue as readers who historically posted their classified ads in the paper posted them on Craigslist.
ayy0 TIL that in preparation for a state visit by Nicolae Ceausescu, Elizabeth II ordered the guest rooms of Buckingham Palace be stripped of valuables for fears that they’d be stolen. She later described the visit as the worst three days of her life