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[TIL]Apples sold in supermarkets can be up to a year old when bought.

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l7NRA TIL the Mexican War of Independence and the Mexican Revolution occurred 100 years apart. Because of that, their bicentennial and centennial were celebrated together in 2010. Both events also lasted about 10 years.

vBE4 TIL that of the 112 deaths during the construction of the Hoover dam. The first was J.G.Tierney, a surveyor who drowned on December 20, 1922. His son, Patrick, was the last man to die working on the dam’s construction, 13 years to the day later.

aw4LM TIL that when Kubrick was researching for Dr. Strangelove, sexual metaphors for war came up so often that one of his consultants told a group of officers, "Gentlemen, you do not have a war plan. You have a Wargasm!"

6E67J TIL Jules Verne's wrote a novel in 1863 which predicted gas-powered cars, fax machines, wind power, missiles, electric street lighting, maglev trains, the record industry, the internet, and feminism. It was lost for over 100 years after his publisher deemed it too unbelievable to publish.

4XnVJ TIL, although many possible reasons have been proposed, some researchers believe the removal of lead from petrol was a key factor initiating a 20 year long fall in crime rates.