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TIL although people live longer on average, the maximum age of humans hasn't increased in 30 years. This had led scientists to conclude that no matter how much medicine advances, the natural limit to human life span will remain around 115.

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N7Oge TIL in 2003, North Korea suggested several symbols which were included in international Unicode, later becoming emojis. They requested ☕ to mark tea houses on maps and ⚐ & ⚑ for military battles and victories. They also requested ⬆, ⬇, ⬅ (but no right arrow), ☔, ⚡, ⚠ and ⏏.
DKgv TIL that in the Victorian era, they made a mustache tea cup to keep mustaches dry (and they were awesome).
VBKGB TIL about the self-propelled barge T-36, which drifted 49 days across the North Pacific Ocean in 1960 after being disabled, with all sailors on board surviving the journey by rationing three days' supply of food. Returning to the Soviet Union, the crew had popularity close to that of cosmonauts.
MlBa TIL that an ice hockey team composed entirely of Icelandic players that were rejected by other teams because of their ethnicity went on to win Canada’s first ever Olympic gold medal in ice hockey
YgGW TIL After Steve Irwin’s death several stingrays were found mutilated on the beaches of Queensland in what appeared to be revenge killings.