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TIL: A 12-Year-Old Boy Fought on a World War II Battleship and Became the Nation’s Youngest Decorated War Hero

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v1Eb4 TIL that any U.S citizen travelling in Austria who find themselves in distress can enter any McDonald's in the country and the staff will assist them in making contact with the U.S. Embassy for consular services.
Qdra TIL that there is a campaign to rid world of the Flash Player Plugin
mx71v TIL Physicians in the 2nd Century believed the womb would move around the body and was responsible for a number of ailments.
p8pMG TIL the four-term Democratic governor of Alabama, George Wallace, famous for his hard-line segregationist views and his four presidential campaigns, renounced his past racial views and ran for his final term in 1982, winning with over 90% of the Black vote.
5YYvr TIL that the legendary Post-Punk band, Joy Division, got rid of one of their early drummers by asking him to check for a flat tire then taking off once he got out of the car. LOL