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TIL of Kleine-Levin Syndrome, which can cause a person to sleep for very long periods

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NGkN TIL In Ohio, It is illegal for foster parents to make their children who are of the opposite sex to share the same room.
KYZo9 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.
R77Mw TIL (organic) sponges are animals - not plants.
QNM7d TIL the Cagots were an outcast minority found in the west of France and northern Spain. Persecuted for centuries, they were not distinguished by any religious, ethnic or physical attributes and were just hated for who they are.
XKWR TIL that once a year since 1909, congress plays a baseball games on party lines. Some have hit homeruns out of MLB regulation parks in their 70’s. Wins: Democrats 39, Republicans 41, Ties: 1