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TIL Every NBA Slam Dunk Contest Winners Since 1976

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oBveW TIL that out of the 101 oldest people who have lived/are still living, 95 of them are female.
0wV0p TIL the oldest known bird in the world was a sulphur-crested cockatoo called Cocky Bennett, who lived to 120. He could even recall phrases such as "one feather more and I'll fly" and "one at a time, gentlemen, please".
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.
loDE1 TIL Nikola Tesla was only 35 years old when he patented the Tesla Coil and became an American citizen the same year.
N7XAe TIL Genghis Khan was a tengrist, but was religiously tolerant and interested in learning philosophical and moral lessons from other religions. He consulted Buddhist monks, Muslims, Christian missionaries, and the Taoist monk Qiu Chuji.