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TIL the Palace Theater Light (Or Eternal Light) is the second oldest light bulb still working in the U.S. Installed in 1908 just a few years after the Centennial Light. Both have carbon filaments and were made by the Shelby Electric Company

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VBRG4 TIL Boeing used depleted uranium plates as counterweights in its 747 airplanes and some helicopters. While relatively safe, some of these plates have been lost. They stopped using it completely in 1981.
vPvXL TIL that the process to make boxed macaroni and cheese was started by a Canadian named, Kraft.
O4ng TIL that Dr. Robert Liston, a Victorian doctor in the pre-anaesthetic days, could perform a leg amputation in under 30 seconds.
7grr TIL that Winnipeg, despite being one of the coldest cities in Canada, is the slurpee capital of the world.
B4DD TIL the burial site of Genghis Khan has still not been found. The funeral escort allegedly killed anyone and anything that could haves witnessed the location of the emperor’s final resting place. The slaves that built the tomb were also slaughtered, as were the soldiers that murdered them..