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TIL most of the “facts” about Nostradamus are false, his astrologies were false with lots of errors, he did not predict his own death correctly as it was his secretary who edited it after his death, etc.

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rNYMM TIL the oldest verified Austrian man so far is the accomplished mathematician Leopold Vietoris (1981-2002), who finished his thesis as a WWI's POW, fought in WWII at the age of 50, and wrote his last research paper at the age of 103
wv57 TIL in Algeria, women make up 60% of judges and 70% of lawyers
JYwBk TIL that singer R Kelly is illiterate
4Xdd6 TIL a study of prayer for cardiac bypass patients found that prayer had no effect on recovery and that patients who knew they were being prayed for actually had more complications
ANAyg TIL Elton John has frequently said that without songwriter Bernie Taupin there would be no Elton John. The have been collaborating on music for 56 years, since Elton was 20 and Bernie was 17. A few songs of Taupin’s: Crocodile Rock, Candle in the Wind and Rocket Man.