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TIL: Jordy Lemoine holds the Guinness record for the youngest person to have #1 single, with the song "Dur dur d'être bébé!" He was 4 years old.

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VM9xB TIL during the filming of "The Passion of the Christ", the actor portraying Jesus endured accidental lashings, a dislocated shoulder, a lung infection, pneumonia, and was even struck by lightning.
amJy TIL that Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece to the Leader of Scientology, did not know about the story of Xenu until she learned it from the South Park episode: Trapped in the Closet.
oBggA TIL Ciabatta bread was invented in 1982
VBwK8 TIL of the "Aloha Spirit" law, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, Section 5-7.5: " 'Aloha Spirit' is the coordination of mind and heart within each person. It brings each person to the self. Each person must think and emote good feelings to others. In the contemplation and presence of the life force (hā)."
5Yen9 TIL that while in Sharon Springs, Theodore Roosevelt was approached by a 12-year-old girl who asked if he would like to have a badger. Expecting to humor her, he agreed, and the girl came back with a 2-week-old badger. President Roosevelt named him Josiah and he became one of the presidential pets.