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TIL the phrase "Bucket List" originated with the 2007 film "The Bucket List," and there have been no written examples that suggest it was in use before then.

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8aVQ4 TIL that Dragonflies are older than dinosaurs and used to have a wingspan of 2.5 feet
dYGK TIL during the reign of the Khmer Rouge, there was a prison camp, named S-21, that had a death rate of 99.96%. S-21 was directed by a former math teacher who ordered “living autopsies,” had prisoners’ blood completely drained for use in hospitals, and used a “baby-smashing tree” to kill children.
Lb5P TIL that in 2007 two teams of armed intruders stormed their way into a nuclear plant used to store weapons grade uranium from South Africa’s decommissioned arsenal. The coordinated assault was thwarted by an off-duty firefighter, a plant employee, and their dog.
e06Ek TIL that Pluto is still a planet in New Mexico since the man who discovered it was fron NM.
7r16M TIL that the Australian island state of Tasmania has an 85-metre land border with Victoria due to a surveying error