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TIL Timothy Olyphant is a direct descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, a business magnate in the 1800s credited as being one of the wealthiest Americans to ever live.

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E1Oow TIL about Anthony Ervin, a swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics, retired at 22, begun abusing drugs, at one moment being hardly able to raise from a sofa for days on end. In 2011 he got back into swimming, and at the 2016 Olympics became the oldest swimmer to win a gold medal.
jN48M TIL The World's Oldest Complete and surviving Book Was found In Bulgaria and its +2.600 years old
dEMK TIL during ancient and medieval times alcohol was not only a more popular beverage but likely the more healthy choice since the purity of water was questionable in those times.
64ZW TIL that visitors to reddit.com are more likely to be female than the average internet user.
GAKa7 TIL that the Wii sensor bar doesn't communicate with the Wii console at all and is just LED lights powered by a cable