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TIL There is a 112+ year old light bulb still burning

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VMo08 TIL Dick Cavett did not realize he was in the movie Apollo 13 until he was at the theater watching it and saw himself.
Br1yb TIL Older U.S.A. presidential limousines are at the Henry Ford Museum, but after Sept. 11, 2001, the Secret Service adopted a policy to destroy the limos after they are taken out of service in order to protect their security secrets.
9VO6 TIL In 1994, Aerosmith became the first major band to premiere a new song on the Internet. Over 10,000 CompuServe subscribers download the free track “Head First” within its first eight days of availability.
Y7nRZ TIL: While in office, President Jimmy Carter had to physically defend himself from a rabbit.
AD7r4 TIL that Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) spent his first 9 years of his life in a hospital and when he was finally well enough to leave, was sent to a Japanese internment camp in Arizona.