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TIL child prodigy Michael Kearney learned how to read by 10 months old, graduated high school at age 6, earned an Anthropology degree at age 10, earned two Master’s degrees in Chemistry and Computer Science at ages 14 and 18 respectively, and earned his PhD in Chemistry at age 22

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VZLp TIL in the USA there are more sex offenders who are registered at age 14 than at any other age.
ne6y9 TIL that the most decorated WWII soldier received every medal of valor by the age of 21. After returning home he then starred in over 40 Hollywood movies including films about himself.
RZV8 TIL of a monk who had taken an old book written by Archimedes, erased the contents, and wrote over it with prayers. Scientists have determined that that monk erased a previously unknown book by Archimedes, that laid out the foundations of Calculus thousands of years before Newton and Leibniz.
loZE5 TIL the Ivanpah solar plant in the deserts of California released 68,676 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2015
QJMGX TIL David Harbour, Hopper From Stranger Things & More Recently The Tide Guy, Tore His Achilles While Playing The Character Achilles In A Shakespeare In The Park Production.