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TIL of John Clem, a drummer boy in the Union Army during the Civil War, who at age 11, shot a Confederate colonel who had demanded his surrender. Promoted to sergeant, he became the youngest NCO in Army history. He retired in 1915 as a general and the last actively-serving veteran of the Civil War.

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4XDAR TIL the writer John Creasey wrote 600 novels in his lifetime. Some of which he reportedly wrote in as little as two days.
E1dad TIL Michael Jackson’s will dictates that his estate annually donate 20% of his posthumous earnings to various charities.
0wLJ5 TIL about the Detmold child, a 6,500-year-old mummy found in Peru. The child was born about 3,000 years before Tutankhamen and died between 8-9 months from a rare congenital heart disease and pulmonary infection. It’s one of the oldest preserved mummies in the world.
wLdg6 TIL in 2012, Jazz FM accidentally aired 5 minutes of pornography. A member of staff had been watching porn at his desk, and had accidentally left the audio of his studio computer linked to a computer on the broadcast console.
6wGw TIL that the Grateful Dead had their own chemist who would tour with them, and supply them with LSD