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

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yZlM TIL that legendary actor Aiden Gillen (The Dark Knight Rises, Game of Thrones) was nominated for the British Academy Television Award, the British Independent Film Award and a Tony Award, and has won two Irish Film & Television Awards.
oRMeA TIL “enshittification” was named 2023’s Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society. It describes the decline of platforms like social media and e-commerce: starting user-friendly, shifting to prioritize businesses, and eventually maximizing profits at users’ and customers’ expense.
BrJYb TIL McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli
o1ao TIL Not all vampires were staked through the heart, some were staked through the leg to prevent them from rising from their coffins [post from /r/archeology]
GAabj TIL that when a container of mixed nuts is shaken, the largest nuts (like Brazil nuts) always rise to the top. This phenomenon, known as "Granular Convection," contradicts the logic that heavier objects should sink.