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TIL Chocolate chip cookies are only 85 years old.

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ODBL TIL that the creators of Sesame Street had to change Mr Snuffleupagus’s appearance because he was too frightening for children. He originally had narrow yellow eyes.
wKAP TIL that in 1960, Japanese Socialist Party chairman Inejiro Asanuma was assinated during a televised debate. With a Samurai sword.
jNRAM TIL that in 1989, Ole Bentzen, a Danish audiologist, who was observing a screening of the 1988 comedy film A Fish Called Wanda, laughed uncontrollably to the point that his heart rate rose to an estimated 250–500 beats per minute, leading to a fatal heart attack
awgPZ TIL: Colin McGregor, the brother of Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor, is a pilot in the Royal Air Froce. His aviator nickname is Obi-Two
wL9b1 TIL in 2005 a Utah ski resort launched an artillery shell for avalanche control; the shell sailed completely over the mountain’s summit and landed in a residential backyard.