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TIL of Jean-Claude Touche, an up-and-coming French composer in the 1940's. He was fatally wounded at the age of 18 on August 25, 1944, the final day of the Liberation of Paris, while trying to move a wounded person to safety.

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ZpPKB TIL Earl L. Brewer, Governor of Mississippi from 1912 to 1916, never once made a public campaign speech while running for Governor in 1911.
QJGp9 TIL Liu Xiaobo, the first Chinese citizen to be awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind while residing in China, was imprisoned 4 times for his human rights activism and spent more than 13 years in prison since his return to China in 1989.
e07m5 TIL in 1879 7 ft 11 in(2.41 m) Anna Swan and 7 ft 9 in(2.36 m) Martin Bates are not only the tallest couple ever but also gave birth to the largest baby ever. At 23 pounds 9 ounces(10.7 kg) and nearly 30 inches tall(75 cm) and each of his feet were six inches(152 mm) long but he only lived 11 hours.
0661 TIL that the role of Captain Jack Sparrow was initially offered to Jim Carrey but he turned it down for Bruce Almighty.
xJP5 TIL that flight attendants hate serving Diet Coke because at the high altitude it takes up to three times longer for its fizz to settle than for other soft drinks.