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

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4exo TIL that in 1856, the color mauve was invented accidentally in a young chemist’s attempt to cure malaria. Instead of curing the disease, the ink was picked up by the Queen and took Victorian fashion by storm.
kJ1y4 TIL that only 11 people have ever been born in Antarctica.
g7Yb TIL In 1964, the United States actually ran out of Pop-Tarts. A Kellogg’s spokesperson said, “In 1964, the first shipment of Pop-Tarts sold out in just two weeks.”
1aJGX TIL many who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945 were subsequently eaten by sharks as they bobbed in open waters for four days. Navy intelligence had ignored a message from the sub that had torpedoed it, thinking it was a trick to lure American rescue boats into an ambush.
o0N8 TIL that Banksy went into record stores across the UK and swapped out CDs of Paris Hilton’s debut album for his own doctored versions