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TIL The last known subject of Queen Victoria was Violet Brown of Jamaica, who was born in 1900 and died in 2017 at the age of 117.

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JBmk TIL Geckskin is a superstrong adhesive based on Gecko feet that can hold up to 700lbs on a smooth wall. Developed at UMass (and funded by DARPA), it can easily attach and detach heavy everyday objects such as televisions or computers to walls, as well as medical and industrial applications.
4kgmb TIL: After the development of the atomic bomb, "Uranium Fever" caused by high demand for radioactive material led approximately ten thousand people to the Southwest U.S. to mine Uranium.
e0Pmk TIL that football player Didier Drogba stopped a Civil War in the Ivory Coast following qualification for the World Cup. He pleaded with the warring factions to lay down their arms during an interview in the dressing room following a game.
R71O4 TIL Chicago had its very own German newspaper focused on Anarchy, called the Arbeiter-Zeitung or Worker's newspaper
eb55 TIL South Park saved all scene files used to create their first 176 episodes. Paired with the original uncensored audio, South Park re-rendered all episodes to full 1080p at the standard 16:9 ratio. South Park may be the only pre-HD animated show that has all episodes available in full native 1080p.