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TIL that the last surviving veteran of the Crimean war(1853) died in only 2004, he was a tortoise called Timothy who served with the Royal Navy

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KYAAG TIL The slipping on a banana peel gag was originated using the now extinct Big Mike banana, whose peel was actually slippery
QJWDL TIL A Catholic Priest, Georges Lemaître, was first to propose what became known as the Big Bang theory. The origin of the universe, which he called his "hypothesis of the primeval atom" or the "Cosmic Egg." And was first to derive what is now known as Hubble's law.
jNbpv TILL The first cat video ever ("Boxing Cats ") were made from Thomas Edison in 1894, so is already 126 years old.
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