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TIL Johannes Heesters was a Dutch born entertainer who performed for Nazis and lived to be 108

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7rd1x TIL Marius was a famous Roman general, but during a civil war he refused to leave his fortification. An enemy general said, "So if you are such a great general, Marius, why not come down and fight it out?" Marius replied, "Well, if you think you are any good a general, why don't you try to make me?"
96A7 TIL that a girl has eaten almost nothing but ramen noodles since she was 5 years old. She is now 18 and has the equivalent health of an 80 year old.
PPJe TIL the FBI followed MLK and sent a letter to his home asking him to kill himself. With the letter was a tape of King’s sexual dalliances.
npr7 TIL Norway imports garbage from other countries to generate energy.
kOw1e TIL of the Murchison meteorite, which fell to earth in 1969. It contained high levels of organic compounds, came from a parent body that had liquid water, and the amino acids it contained could not have been synthesized on earth because they consisted of both left- and right- isomers.