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TIL: Buzz Aldrin was credited with two air combat victories during the Korean War

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nW59o TIL the youngest world leader in history was King Alfonso XIII, who assumed the position in 1886 at: 0 days old
D1BGD TIL that one of the victims who lost his house in the 1991 Oakland Firestorm was game designer Will Wright. He used the experience of rebuilding his life as basis for the concept of The Sims, and added the city's recovery from the fire as a scenario in the game SimCity 2000.
1ago7 TIL Stethoscope was invented when a 'gentleman' French doctor got too embarrassed to check the heartbeat of a female patient by tapping at her chest. So, he rolled up a sheet of paper to create a tube, and then placed it on her chest. The method worked, and stethoscope was invented.
yVrLp TIL that a popular slang in French for having your period is "Les Anglais ont debarqué", or, "The English have landed".
xV7L5 TIL that there is a practice in China for reusing fatbergs from the sewers as cooking oil.