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TIL that the mystery as to what happened to Martin Bormann, Hitler's Private Secretary and former Deputy Fuhrer, was solved in 1999 when his remains were positively identified by DNA testing.

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Z8RVa TIL Of Orion P. Howe, a 14-year old drummer boy who received the Medal of Honor during the Civil War for volunteering to supply ammunition under heavy fire. He experienced 14 battles, and after the war he joined the Naval Academy because he was still too young for West Point.
awdJJ TIL a Japanese/English creole language exists
neB09 TIL The day that "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" premiered, there was an op-ed in the New York Times titled "O'Brien flops" that said "one can't help but have grave doubts about his prospects". The op-ed was written by Conan O'Brien himself.
1xpD TIL that in 2001, a Norwegian container ship rescued 438 refugees in open ocean between Indonesia and Australia. The ship was then refused entry into Australian waters, but entered anyway. Australia then sent troops to board the ship.
kJBrW TIL Napolean, who was famous for being short, was actually 5 foot 6 (1.686 meters)