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TIL There are still four people alive who were born in the 19th century.

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b7Q7 TIL Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a short story in only six words. It was so good, it was said to made people cry: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
vPm4x TIL about Leo, a cat adopted by employees at a Home Depot to aid in rodent control who now lives at the store. Leo The Cat has become a local and internet celebrity after being showered with gifts, food and toys by the community and can be found patrolling the store for pests or sleeping on aisle 45
ne159 Today I learned that part of the reason Pythagoras hated beans so much was the belief that beans contained the souls of dead people. Hence, when you farted, you farted the souls of your dead ancestors.
R7bw1 TIL that in 2006 DOT inspectors discovered a cold war era fallout shelter under the Brooklyn Bridge
nBNB TIL a man mailed 100 companies asking for free stuff, dubbing it “The $39 Experiment.”