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TIL Dennis Rodman is the oldest sibling out of a total of 47 children.

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XEg98 TIL: Of the Losr Apple Project. They go around to abandoned farms and orchards looking for Apple varieties thought to be extinct. This year 10 varieties were recovered, a record.
grRxb Today I learned the speed of light is approximately 1.0 feet/nanosecond
1aKxd TIL Motobu Choki. A legendary Karate master who tested his combat prowess by fighting criminals in the Red Light Districts of Japan.
4X79a TIL Winston Churchill, a notorious drinker, circumvented prohibition while visiting the U.S. by obtaining a letter from his doctor prescribing alcohol for treatment following a vehicular accident.
yQXKp TIL of the kidnapping of journalist David Rohde, who escaped with another captive after eight months by tiring out their captors with repeated games of checkers.