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TIL the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church is 99 years old.

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KOjQQ TIL of Throne of Blood, a retelling of Macbeth set in Feudal Japan
WEJN TIL that during the 2010-2011 school year, the University of Tennessee spent a grand total of $2,296,023 on the recruitment of athletes (more than any other university), with an average of more than $7,000 per male athlete.
dvZZ TIL: Gobekli Tepe archaeological site is older than Pyramids, and even older than Stonehenge, writing, agriculture, discovery of wheel. Also oldest religious place ever discovered.
mx6Kp TIL: Many birth control pills contain Folic Acid to prevent neural tube defects if the contraceptive happened to fail.
4XQAN TIL in 1987, a concentration camp survivor was asked to identify an accused Nazi guard in court. He asked him to remove his glasses and approached him closely. When he made eye contact, the survivor recoiled and shouted "Grozny!" meaning "Terrible" in Polish, recognizing his "murderous eyes."