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TIL school teachers have been using red ink to correct assignments for at least 3900 years

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QQed TIL that researchers discovered a clam estimated to be 507 years old – the oldest-ever living animal – and accidentally killed it.
6ER77 TIL: That the idiom “to steal someone’s thunder” originated from the dramatist John Dennis who found out that his idea for a thunder machine for his play was stolen and used in a different play in the same theater
d8m1E TIL that deaths from 9/11 related illnesses will soon outpace the number of people lost on that fateful day.
ADG9g TIL about Exclusive and Inclusive Counting. In English-speaking countries Sunday is seven days from Sunday (Mon, Tue, Wed, etc.), we exclude the initial Sunday. In Romance languages Sunday is eight days from Sunday, the first Sunday is included in the counting.
QJeVp TIL: Coretta Scott King used to baby sit John Lithgow