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TIL that 37 US states allow children to legally marry, some down to age 10.

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KOxXR TIL that 32 different primates have been launched into space for science/exploration purposes. The first one was Albert (rhesus macaque) who didn't survive the trip.
AN0xw TIL about the sultanate of women. A period in ottoman history that lasted for a century where the wives and mothers of the sultans held incredible political power that was started by hurrem sultan, the wife of suleiman the magnificent.
Z8lAB TIL that England doesn't have its own national anthem so God Save the Queen (the national anthem of the United Kingdom as a whole) is often used in its place. Candidates for an English national anthem include "Jerusalem", "Land of Hope and Glory"and "I Vow to Thee, My Country".
woxV7 TIL that the official language of Malta is a Semitic language, not a European language
e0oe6 TIL The US Governments super-secret "interstage material" used for nuclear weapons, known publicly only by its code name Fogbank, has to be manufactured with impurities purposely inserted. It apparently doesn't work if it's too pure.