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TIL that the oldest sourdough starter is 122 years old

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oRBmE TIL in 1996 a woman going through heroin withdrawal crushed up a black widow spider and injected it
XmKX TIL - The word vegetarian, coined by the founders of the British Vegetarian Society in 1842, The original meaning of the word implies a balanced philosophical and moral sense of life, a lot more than just a diet of vegetables and fruits.
vwQ7 TIL the tallest unoccupied building in the world is a 3,000 room hotel in North Korea. Construction on the 1,082-foot Ryugyong Hotel began in 1987 and was halted in 1992. After a number of attempts to resurrect the project, the hotel still hasn’t opened, 28 years after construction began.
x6l55 TIL the oldest cat ever lived to 38 years and 3 days - 1967 to 2005.
PY9MZ TIL that Bob Widlar (uA702 creator) installed "The Hassler" outside his office. Whenever people started talking, the device would detect the audio, convert it to high freq, and playback the converted sound. Visitors would notice this ringing, stop talking, and the sound disappeared. Lesson learned.