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TIL an Eagle Scout who joins the US Army is automatically promoted to Private First Class.

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QNLaM TIL it is possible for deaf individuals to 'hear' music using their hands and a balloon. It is possible for the brain to 'rewire' the auditory cortex to accept input from the mechanoreceptors in the fingertips instead of the eardrums.
dDmgd TIL about Irritator, a relative of Spinosaurus that got its name because scientists were frustrated to find out the fossils of this creature had been artificially modified by a collector to try and drive up their sale price.
yVWZa TIL of Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler, the Chief of the German Military Cabinet who died after performing a ballerina dance in a pink tutu for the Kaiser and his guests. His death was covered up because of fears it would inflame a previous homosexuality scandal in the German military.
BgWeb TIL There are 10 ^31 bacteria phages on the planet. A number that translates into a trillion phages for every grain of sand in the world.
4kPgJ TIL that of the 44 original colonists who founded Los Angeles, only two were White. Of the other 42, 26 had some degree of African ancestry and 16 were Indians or mestizos [people of mixed Spanish and Indian blood].