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TIL John Babcock was Canada's last surviving veteran of the First World War, but never considered himself a veteran as he never saw combat.

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grnw7 TIL Security Guard Joseph Trombino barely survived an infamous 1981 NY robbery of a Brink's Armored Car. Nearly a decade later, he would then go on to also barely survive the 1993 World Trade Center bombings but tragically died on Sept 11 2001 in the WTC North Tower
kOp65 TIL In 2002, Steven Spielberg recieved a bachelors degree for completing a course on film and electronic arts at university. To pass the advanced filmmaking class exam, he submitted his own 1993 epic, 'Schindler's List'.
8WRb TIL the man who finished behind Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics was also black: He was Jackie Robinson’s brother.
KOD8w [TIL] There are enough words in the English dictionary that every 3m square on Earth can get its own unique three word address and Mongolia is now using this for their postal addresses
P19nZ TIL early humans and neanderthals did sex acts together and likely gave birth to "hybrid" babies according to studies of ancient teeth