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

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l7R1A TIL David Frith, an English journalist, in 1983 commented that India should withdraw from the Cricket Cup if they didn't improve. India won the WC and he literally ate his own words , with the help of some red wine.
Me44b TIL Bill Gates warned us about how unprepared we were for an Pandemic in TED talk 2015.
QJeKk TIL that the coin at the coin-toss of an NFL game didn't flip. After the coin was tossed, it landed on the same face without flipping at all. They had to redo the toss.
RYy6 TIL Star Trek has superlative examples of how organizations should run efficient and effective meetings.
WkANo TIL a single little brown bat can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes an hour.