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TIL Japan’s First Female Photojournalist is Still Shooting at the Age of 101

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x69Qw TIL that "Wolfman Jack" from the 1973 film “American Graffiti” was a real disc-jockey named Robert Smith who was active for over three decades. The film’s extreme financial success provided him with regular income for life until his death at 57 in 1995.
ZmGp TIL Coca-Cola is 90% water. Diet Coke is 99% water.
aL8A TIL that in 2000 a paediatrician was driven from her home in Wales when local “vigilantes” confused her job title with “paedophile”.
XEwVD TIL of Pax Americana, a period of relative peace beginning around the middle of the 20th century, brought about by the dominant power of the United States. Similar time periods were Pax Romana and Pax Britannica.