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TIL: Enrique Iglesias's grandfather conceived a child who was born 7 months after he died, at age 90

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jW7E TIL of John ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill, a British Army officer who fought throughout the Second World War armed with a longbow, bagpipes, and a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword. He holds the last recorded kill with a bow and arrow in action.
4k9LJ TIL a study found that 65 different animal species have their own form of “laughter" to express happiness with vocalizations that sound quite different than human laughter.
5YMjR TIL Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell took home a 16 mm camera from the Lunar Module that would have otherwise been destroyed. Mitchell tried to auction the camera to help medical treatments for his son who had cancer before he agreed to relinquish the camera by donating it to the Smithsonian
nWpbd TIL: Agent 355 is one of the first female spies for the US. She was active during the Revolution, but her identity remained secret. There is ongoing speculation whether she existed at all. However, many assert she was real.
oRwKK TIL that GenCon was started by Gary Gygax (father of D&D) to attract wargamers and humorously called it the “Geneva Convention” because it took place in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. When several teen/college attendees showed up without having booked a hotel, Gary invited them to sleep at his house.