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TIL of PFC Dan Bullock, the youngest U.S. serviceman killed in action during the Vietnam War. He falsified his birth certificate and enlisted when he was 14, and died when he was 15

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B6aW TIL Queens of the Stone Age chose the name because they felt “Kings of the Stone Age” was too macho. “Rock should be heavy enough for the boys and sweet enough for the girls. That way everyone’s happy and it’s more of a party. Kings of the Stone Age is too lopsided.”
R7kEa TIL that over 4,000 prisoners die in custody each year in the United States. Suicide is the leading cause of death in local jails, while state prisons see more cancer deaths. White males are the most likely to die in prison, with one fourth of the fatalities occurring in Texas and California.
v1M4D TIL that Choco Taco is created by Klondike.
BLjr TIL that The Pillars of Creation (as photographed by the Hubble telescope) don’t exist anymore. They were destroyed 1,000 yrs ago by an advancing supernova, but the light takes 7,000 yrs to reach us so they still appear intact.
gw97 TIL the first sighting of the chupacabra was by Madeline Tolentino in Puerto Rico after she saw the 1995 science fiction horror movie “Species.” Her description of the chupacabra is very similar to the creature in the movie (designed by Swiss artist H.R. Giger, of “Alien” fame).