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TIL that a woman named 'Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado', a Peruvian citizen, is the youngest mother in history. At the age of five years, seven months, and 21 days was she able to give birth to a child with an undisclosed father... Or so they thought?

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PYWJO TIL of Viktor Pestek, a 19-year-old S.S. guard at Auschwitz who was so disgusted by the camp that he began to help Jews escape. He was discovered and executed by his fellow guards. To this day he has never been formally recognized for his actions.
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