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TIL that a 12 year old enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He won a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart before the Navy found out how old he was.

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RBNQ TIL that in 1999, 47 black residents of a Texas town were arrested on drug charges solely on the uncorroborated word of one undercover agent who was a member of the KKK. Many were sentenced to long prison terms; some served years before release. For doing this, the officer got 10 years probation.
ngd9 TIL that the Ancient Athenian historian and general Thucydides (460-400 BCE) was the first to record the connection between earthquakes and tsunamis
gMXkD TIL: James Richardson spent 21 years in jail for murdering his 7 children who died after eating a poisoned lunch. Among the facts concealed by the prosecution; the babysitter had who served the poisoned meal was a convicted murderer on parole for poisoning her husband. He was exonerated in 1989.
6Eo7Q TIL there’s a Hot Waitress Economic Index - an informal measure of the state of the economy that is compiled by counting the number of attractive people working as waiters/waitresses.
JY6r8 TIL there is a guy who made an entire electric toaster from raw materials - mining and refining steel, nickel, copper, mica, and making plastic - after being inspired by a Hitchhiker’s Guide quotation.