› added 1 year ago

40

TIL that John Clem is the youngest noncommissioned officer in the history of the United States Army at the age of 12.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Aajw TIL that the fighter squadron with the highest number of kills in the Battle of Britain during WWII were actually from Poland, and showed up two months after the battle had begun.
RrG7 TIL that after a girl in his community was killed by a red-light runner, a 74 year old Chinese man spent an entire day hurling bricks at bad drivers. With his neighborhood cheering him on, he smashed over 30 red-light runners’ cars before the police asked him to stop.
aA59 TIL - There used to be fake Apple stores in China, even the staff were convinced they were working for Apple
VolQ TIL the Dandelion is edible, contains more beta-carotene than a Carrot, and exists in the U.S. only because European settlers introduced it as a salad green.
8aaZ4 TIL Charlie Chaplin's youngest child, Christopher Chaplin, is only 55. By comparison, his oldest child, Norman Chaplin, would have been 98 this year.