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TIL a man in his 70s is the only person to have run the NYC marathon every year since it began. He ran it in about 5 hours in 2014 (link in comments).

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kOOEd Short answer: 142,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Kelvin, give or take a few zeros.
LkJpV TIL that there are only 6 people left on the planet who can still ‘speak’ the whistled language known as sfyria.
Ge45 TIL that pinball was illegal for 30 years in many major US cities. Politicians thought that pinball was a game based on chance and therefore must have been a mob-run scam. The ban ended when a master pinball player was called in front of a committee to demonstrate his skill.
N7WDM TIL When most people think of Civil War surgery they envision a poor soldier being forcibly held down while his arm or leg is amputated without the benefit of anesthesia. This Hollywood concept of Civil War surgery is far from accurate.
eVJk TIL men have fluctuating hormonal changes similiar to women’s monthly cycle that can cause anxiety, frustration, and other emotional behavior.