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TIL that scientists believe the person who will live to be 150 years old in the future.. has already been born.

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0m4L TIL when three men with machetes came into an African orphanage at night, a man named Omari took a hammer to fight all three at once. He survived after getting hit in the face with a machete, and saved all of the children. His story, first shared on Reddit, helped raise $83,000 for the orphanage.
v1xY8 TIL while the 1994 McLaren F1 had a 3.2 second 0-60 time, less than 15 years later similar times (3.4s) were achieved by far cheaper cars like the Porsche 911 Turbo or even Chevrolet Corvette Z06.
gMQQ9 TIL the 1958 horror movie "The Blob" had a bizarrely ridiculous but awesome theme song.