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TIL Fourteen American Revolutionary War Veterans Lived Long Enough to Have Their Photos Taken. Most Were Over a Hundred Years Old By Then.

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kOg5 TIL Chinese Actress Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is being investigated for prostitution. ($2 Million a Night)
vnmD TIL that, to make sure people pronounced his name correctly, Senator William Spong proposed a bill to protect the rights of songwriters in Hong Kong. He would be joined in this effort by Senator Long, and Senator Fong, and together they would present the Long Fong Spong Hong Kong Song Bill.
6EB4m TIL that tomato sauce is not Italian at all but Mexican. The first tomato sauces were already being sold in the markets of Tenochtitlan when Spaniards arrived, and had many of the same ingredients (tomatoes, bell peppers, chilies) that would later define Italian tomato pasta sauces 200 years later.
K9B9 TIL 80% of black smokers smoke menthols
a88E0 TIL when female manta rays are ready to mate they release pheromones that attract males. This leads to a "manta train" which is when multiple male mantas follow behind a female in hopes of mating with them. This can last for weeks until the final male mantas remain.