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TIL that the youngest participant in World War 1 was 8 years old.

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R5BN9 TIL The company that produced the original animated "The Hobbit" (and Nausicaa), Topcraft, would later become Studio Ghibili.
p86RA In Delhi, air quality index (AQI) levels are usually a severe 200 on a good day (anything above 25 is deemed unsafe by World Health Organization). During peak pollution periods last year they soared well into a life-threatening 900 and sometimes off the measurable scale. But as Delhi’s 11m registered cars were taken off the roads and factories and construction were ground to a halt, AQI levels have regularly fallen below 20. The skies are suddenly a rare, piercing blue. Even the birdsong seems louder.
9wbjr TIL that Joseph Kennedy Jr. (JFK's older brother) was killed in WWII during Operation Anvil, an early attempt to bomb occupied France using a bomber converted into a remote control drone. The drone aircraft prematurely detonated after arming the explosives, killing Kennedy and his copilot.
mxlRE TIL that Myanmar (Burma) doesn’t use the metric system, but it doesn’t use the imperial system either, instead, they have their own system of measurement called the Burmese system
gMDB8 TIL of all the US states and territories, Hawaii has the lowest "highest all-time temperature" at 98°.