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TIL the world’s oldest country is San Marino. This small country covering just 62 square kilometres was founded in 301 AD.

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v1kNj TIL of Don Marion Davis, who at 102 is the oldest surviving actor of the silent movie era, who was one of the most famous child actors worldwide
b990p TIL "People forget 90% of what they read". Then I learned this traces back to Edgar Dale who published a 'Cone of Experience' in 1949 as an idea, NO %s given. In 1967 someone at Mobil Oil tacked on the numbers that are mis-cited today. I learned this yesterday also, forgive the repost.
DQ98j TIL Cleopatra was not actually Egyptian, but Greek.
x6BVB TIL that Turkish law in the middle ages allowed women to divorce their husbands if he failed to provide her with enough coffee.
M7JZ7 TIL phrases like "needs washed" is acceptable grammar across a large part of the US.