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TIL a polio victim was kept alive in a metal tube for nearly 60 years only to die when a power outage shut her iron lung down.

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5YyBp TIL that Mustafa Ben Halim, who was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Libya from 1954-57, is still alive at age 99 and is the world's oldest living head of government. He spent 42 years in exile from 1969 to 2011.
0dee5 TIL the term "Seeing Eye Dog" only applies if the dog was trained by the non-profit group "The Seeing Eye" of Morristown, New Jersey. If the dog wasn't trained there, it is simply referred to as a "guide dog".
d8RJQ TIL a Colombian footballer was murdered after scoring an own goal, knocking Colombia out of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The next day, a BBC commentator for another match remarked, “the Argentine defender warrants shooting for a mistake like that”.
ZP9Q TIL that over 50 WWE wrestlers that competed in 1990s are now dead
VBwDk TIL Former Vice President Walter Mondale was cremated and is the only past President or Vice President not to have a gravesite.