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TIL the last person who spoke exclusively Irish, Seán Ó hEinirí, died only 22 years ago in 1998

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VMDmZ TIL in the 1950s an American economist (Armen A. Alchian) figured out lithium was used to fuel Hydrogen bombs just by looking at publicly-available stock prices.
X0nnE TIL that Kmart has 1 remaining store in the Continental U.S.
QJopd TIL the 86 billion neurons in our brain resembled a chaotic jungle until 2017 when researchers, using a peculiar branch of math, saw the brain react to stimuli by building a tower of rods (1D), then planks (2D), then cubes (3D) and more (up to 11 dimensions) out of the "sand" before disintegrating.
X0oND TIL of the Manila Massacre during WWII when Japanese troops conducted mop-up operations in Manila, killing over 54,000 Filipinos, including children. Pregnant women had their bellies ripped open and fleeing civilians were executed.
neX0b TIL of the Judean Date Palm. An extinct palm variety that was revived using 2,000 year old seeds.