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TIL Han Zhijun has been described as "China's most mysterious first lady". Han never accompanied Chairman Hua on business trips abroad and the two rarely appeared in public together. Reportedly, Han continued to cycle to and from work

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Y7apG TIL That in the 1930s Germany developed a 40.6cm naval gun called the "Adolfkanon" or "Adolf Gun". It could fire a 600kg (1300lb) projectile a potential 56km (35mi) at a rate of 2 rounds per minute
b9J6E TIL that there exists a bodyguard crew of rangers in Belize, known as the Scarlet Six Biomonitoring Team, who camp out in inclement weather, night and day for the 5-month long portion of the Scarlet Macaw breeding season when chicks are being cared for, dedicated to stopping insane poaching levels.
4kPQJ TIL that there's a pool of water in Antarctica that's so salty it won't freeze even if temperatures reach 50 degrees below zero.
Bgrny TIL of Samuel Upham, a Philadelphia merchant who printed over $15 million Confederate dollars from 1862-63. The fake notes widely circulated in the South. When investigated by the US Government, his case was dismissed as it's not illegal to counterfeit currency of a country not recognized by the US.
wLJpM TIL of Sidney Lewis, the youngest person to ever serve in the British Army. He lied about his age, and enlisted in the Army at 12 years old in 1915, and would go on to fight for several weeks in the trenches at the Battle of Somme before his mother discovered and requested he be discharged.