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TIL about Katherine Young, one of the oldest known Internet users.

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5YVQB TiL: Bleach has a shelf life and when it expires it loses it smell completely
JYL7B TIL the Mughal Emperors of India kept over 1,000 tamed cheetahs for use in hunting. Because cheetahs do not breed in captivity this caused their extinction in India.
Jx9l TIL NASA scientists created a nanoscale vacuum tube that can potentially replace silicon transistors in future electronics
v1vAr TIL of Judy, the hero dog of WWII. She saved her fellow soldiers on multiple occasions. Was captured by the Japanese and spent years in the pow camps. She survived multiple ships sinking and was eventually freed and given the Sicken Medal in England.
eGw6 TIL that French writer Volataire’s last words were, after being asked by a priest to denounce the devil, “Now is not the time for making new enemies.”