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TIL in 1809 Theodore Hook made a bet that he could make any house in London the most talked-about address in a week. He sent out 1000s of letters in the name of Mrs Tottenham of 54 Berners Street, requesting deliveries, visitors, and assistance. A large part of London was brought to a standstill.

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yQDdl TIL about Okinawa Island. This particular island is a so-called Blue Zone, an area where the people live longer than most others elsewhere in the world. As of 2002 there were 34.7 centenarians for every 100,000 inhabitants, which is the highest ratio worldwide.
5YvVD TIL that when Rob Lowe learned of his tv shows cancellation halfway through making the first season, he made sure the last half of the season was “as absurd as possible”, ending the show by revealing himself to be a serial killer and then committing a murder suicide.
7AEM TIL a Kansas woman had to be rescued from her boyfriend’s toilet seat. After sitting on it for two years without moving, her body fat had grown attached to the seat.
wLnRJ TIL If the entire universe was compressed into a single year, humans would appear on December 31st 11:59pm while the dinosaurs would’ve been extinct on December 30th
k56m TIL that 1 American consumes the same amount of resources as 32 Kenyans per year.