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TIL In 2018 the WHO classified ageing as a disease

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PY6kO TIL:In 1974 artist Marina Abramović displayed her performance art "Rhythm 0"-Where she stayed still for 6 hours and let guests do what ever they wanted to her with 72 items she had placed on a table. One of the items were a loaded gun. The guests started out gentle but got worse after couple of hrs.
0wgdp TIL cats that have saggy bellies aren't just fat, it's called the primordial pouch and helps protect them during fights and move easier when running and jumping.
QJ4PX TIL it is a common custom in Green Bay and other Wisconsin cities to put a baby's name on the Packers season ticket holder list as soon as the birth certificate is obtained.
oRx0E TIL a boy was hit in the head with a foul ball during a televised game, rather than wait for EMTS to arrive, Jim Rice Ran into the stands and took him into the clubhouse, where he was immediately treated by the team's medical staff. He is credited with saving the boy's life.
Qo9L TIL Steve Jobs frequented a restaurant in San Jose and met the owner who, unknowingly to Jobs, was his biological father.