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TIL despite the stereotype of a very short life, with proper care, an average Goldfish can live up to 10 years as pets, and over 25 years in the wild. The longest recorded lifespan for a Goldfish was 43 years.

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0GL5 TIL there’s a drug named Orexin-A which effectively eliminates sleep deprivation and has no negative side-effects. It also ups your arousal.
1a9W7 TIL in the 1870s, an 11 time Mexican President exiled to Staten Island, partnered with New Jersey inventor to sell gum to fund an army to return to power once more. After he gave up and returned to Mexico, his partner went on to create what we know as chewing gum sticks today.
lovA7 TIL that between 1871 and 1885 Marianne North, a Victorian biologist, and botanical painter painted in oil over 800 paintings while visiting 17 countries on 6 continents. Towards the end of her life, she presented her life's work - 832 paintings - to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
X98X TIL the UK still retains 18 Queen’s Messengers, who hand deliver secret documents to British embassies worldwide, travelling undercover in business class. The diplomatic package has its own “passport”, as though it’s a human being, and is exempt from being searched or x-rayed by airport security.
nMgB TIL of Secret Service agent Jerry Parr, who saved President Ronald Reagan’s life in 1981. Parr was inspired to join the Secret Service by the 1939 movie ‘Code of the Secret Service’… which starred a young Ronald Reagan.