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TIL the longest coma ever recorded is 37 years and 111 days.

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PVoV TIL Princeton dropout and creator of the 5-hr Energy drink says he has $4 billion more than he needs; he plans to spend his fortune to distribute 10,000 free electric battery-equipped stationary bikes in India, which will run lights/basic appliances for 1day per 1 hr of pedaling.
yQBJp TIL that the reason many old people seem to be able to easily speak their mind and not care what people think about them is because the area of the brain that is responsible for impulse control, the prefrontal cortex, is most susceptible to age-based deterioration.
1EEW TIL that a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus
Z8Kxv TIL, there is blood type called "RH null", which is called "golden blood". This blood is so rare that only 43 people worldwide have it. Its properties make it attractive in numerous medical applications and make it very valuable.
NJ8P TIL that The Lone Ranger was most likely based on real life U.S. Deputy Marshall Bass Reeves - the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshal west of the Mississippi