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TIL That Okinawa has some of the longest living people on earth, and it has the highest rate of people over a hundred in the world. Two thirds of them are still living independently at the age of 97.

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gd8L TIL Texaco/Chevron corp caused an enviromental disaster in Ecuador and has been fighting their financial liability of the situation in court since first being sued in 1993. Damage is estimated at 113 billion U.S. Dollars
bBXj TIL the Soviets space program didn’t only put the first man in space, but also the first women, space station, space rover and had the first (unmanned) soft landing on any body other than earth
Oob81 TIL that in some cases it is better that a single product design dominates a market for a short period of time, regardless of relative quality (ex. iPod, Blu-Ray, VHS). "Dominant design" allows for relatively low-risk improvement of existing designs, increasing the rate of technological advancement.
woO98 TIL that in the background of the movie Stuart Little is a long lost painting. an art historian spotted it and it turned out to be the original.
YpYKW TIL corn is man made and would not exist without selective breeding.