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TIL The youngest soldier in WWI was only 8 years old.

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neej7 TIL Christine Jorgensen, a former Army private from the Bronx, was an American trans woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.
lo6kN TIL companies aren’t allowed to use the words “Super Bowl” in their advertisements due to copyrights, so it is called “The Big Game” in all commercials
8aM6a TIL that shark skin is made up of hundreds of rows of small teeth. When flattened through forward movement, they create tiny vortices that reduce drag, turbulence and noise.
p8wGA TIL that despite China spanning five different time zones, the entire country uses the same time: Beijing Time (UTC+8:00). This causes sunrise to come as late as 9 am, during winter, and sunset to come as late as 9 pm, during summer, in certain parts of China.
x6Bwk TIL that BBC News is available in Pidgin English