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TIL There is no age limit to be the House Speaker, you just have to be a US Citizen to be 3rd in the line of succession.

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Y6mW TIL the Lobsters we eat are generally really young and thus only a fraction of the size they grow to be in the wild. Older/Larger Lobsters are thought to be less tasty, and are a species that mates more prolifically with each year, making killing a 100+ yo behemoth a conservation issue.
d89Ld TIL mobster Al Capone, said the Lindbergh baby kidnapping was "the most outrageous thing I have ever heard of." He offered $10,000 of his own money for information leading to the return of the child.
0mp5 TIL that Apple Makes New Employees Work on Fake Products Until Apple Can Trust Them
LkWLv TIL- 106-year-old Manoel de Oliveira was the oldest active film director until 2015. He began making movies during the silent era.
E1Mkd TIL the DNA Doe Project has helped identify over 24 victims. Some families receive closure after 20+ years. Victims range from a bootlegger found in 1979 to a woman thrown from a truck in 2017. The volunteers work from donations. You can also help by submitting your DNA results to GEDmatch.