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TIL that young people who hold negative views on the elderly are more likely to age badly themselves

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nWkMr TIL that there was a child named Edmund Thomas Clint who was an Indian child prodigy that drew over 25,000 paintings during his life of 6 years and 11 months. One of his paintings was a drawing named "Temple Festival", which was made circa 1982.
Egylp TIL that Babe Ruth, at the age of 40, hit his 714th and final home run over 500 feet, clearing Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field’s triple deck, and bouncing off a nearby resident’s roof
GAL8Q TIL Autumn colour vibrancy depends on temperature variation balance. Sunny days with cool, crispy (not freezing) nights result in best colors. Daylight produces sugars, cool nights break down chlorophyll (green), non-freezing Temp traps the sugar in the leaves, and sugar concentration leads to color
GAnMG TIL that the United States has a long and storied history of partisan guerilla warfare against its own citizens
ep66D TIL Luis "The Beast" Garavita, the world's most prolific serial killer, was sentenced to 1853 years in prison for the deaths of 193 children in Colombia, but his sentence was reduced to 22 years after he helped the police find many of the victims' bodies. He becomes eligible for parole this year.