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TIL scientists accidentally killed world’s oldest animal at age 507

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BomL TIL USSR’s first long-range bomber, the Tu-4, was such an exact copy of a confiscated American B-29 that it even featured a repair patch on its fuselage where the original plane had been damaged.
R7aAQ TIL the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous demanded whiskey during the last few days of his life.
o4eY TIL slot machines have pictures of various fruits because they used to dispense various flavors of gum instead of coins.
6EPBm TIL George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass is the best selling solo Beatles album. It has sold more than John Lennon’s Imagine and McCartney and Wings' Band on the Run combined.