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TIL the Waitaha gecko holds the record for oldest known wild gecko at ~53 years. The individual gecko in question was already an adult when first captured 50 years prior.

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OGP57 til E. E. Cummings preferred capitalizing his name. "e. e. cummings" was popularized by his publishers, to reflect his odd style. After his death, one critic claimed the author legally de-capitalized his name, but Cummings' wife said this was an utter lie. Still, the tradition stuck around.
W8Qd TIL that the wet wipe industry and sewerage companies are fighting over what it means to be “flushable” with the sewerage companies claiming that they had to remove lumps as big as 10 tons from their sewer systems.
wo58Y TIL that President Andrew Jackson befriended a family of white mice in his bedroom. While his daughter tried to eradicate them with poison and traps, he fed them with grain from his mill business.
ZaDD TIL Donald Crowhurst committed suicide after attempting to fake a solo circumnavigation of the globe. His decent into insanity while alone at sea for 8 months was captured in the chilling ships logs he left behind.
1abE7 TIL mosquitos may have killed HALF the people who EVER lived, which would make them our deadliest predator by far