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TIL Journalist Micheal Hastings wrote a career ending report on Stanley McChrystal causing him to be fired in the Army

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AVAa TIL: Wu-Tang Clan Rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard (R.I.P.) saved the life of a 4 year old girl who had gotten trapped under a car after being ran-over. ODB ran to the scene of the accident and organized a group of about a dozen onlookers to lift the car off of the little girl.
XE1gX TIL that the first mention of a pen with ink reservoir came in 973 in the region of northwest Africa by Ma'ād al-Mu'izz. He wanted a pen that didn’t get his hand messy. The next mention came in the 17th century by a German inventor, Daniel Schwenter.
GYNrN TIL that milk will spoil twice as fast for every 18 degrees Fahrenheit that its temperature rises; if it’s kept at the correct temperature, it should stay good for about 5 days past the best-by date.
YYmr TIL Margaret Ann Neve is history’s first recorded supercentarian, having lived in the 18th, 19th and 20th century.
60YX TIL listening to soft voices can cause “brain orgasms” (aka autonomous sensory meridian response). A video of a woman explaining how to fold towels has over 900,000 views because her voice can trigger the sensation.