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TIL that fireflies are actually beatles.
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TIL that the youngest American to serve in the military in WW2 was Calvin Graham, age 12. He served in the US Navy and fought at Guadalcanal, was awarded 8 medals which were subsequently stripped when his mother saw him on a news reel and told the Navy his real age.
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TIL that unprotected sun exposure after acne can make scars permanent, while daily sunscreen can actually prevent most acne marks from forming.
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TIL about ''Orange, Red, Yellow'', a painting that sold for $86,882,500
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TIL that the world record for the tallest stack of M&M’s candy pieces is 6.
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TIL Western Union was involved in the recovery of bodies after the Titanic sank. The CS Minia, a cable laying ship owned by Western Union was one of 4 ships sent to recover the dead.