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TIL that Homo erectus stood about 1.79m (5'10"). Only 17% of modern male humans are taller - Their fossils were the oldest known early humans to have possessed modern human-like body proportions. And they are the longest lived human species around 9 times as long as our own species H.Sapiens.

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p8eMe TIL Jimmy Stewart was the first Hollywood actor to enlist during WW2 and retired in 1968 as a Brigadier General.
YpnPr TIL there were American soldiers during World War II, who used fake tanks and pre-recorded sounds to deceive the Nazis into thinking their army was bigger than it actually was. They were called the ‘Ghost Army’.
KYG4G TIL 12-yr-old Francesca Lewis was the sole survivor of a plane crash against the side of a Panamanian volcano that killed the 3 other people on board: her friend, her friend's dad & the pilot. She spent 52 hours in the jungle alone, with no food & both her arm & neck fractured, before being rescued.
7rxkx TIL of the lost auto-biographical film starring Pancho Villa which incorporated live battle footage from the Mexican Revolution.
oo4E TIL the US has been sending checks annually for $4,085 to Cuba for the lease of Guantanamo Bay. Since 1959, only one check has been cashed…Fidel Castro keeps the rest locked in his desk drawer.