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TIL 61% of US soldiers killed in the Vietnam war were less than 20 years old. The average age of deaths being 23 years old.

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8ad0X TIL about Dylan Maxwell, an Australian man that had a spider removed from his stomach after it burrowed its way into his body and survived for three days before being removed.
gMDDA TIL the last two Jews in Afghanistan hated each other so much the Taliban had to step in and mediate, imprisoning both, but then releasing both after their "constant bickering became too annoying"
BrNve TIL that in 1962, at the University of Texas at Austin, Janis Joplin was voted "ugliest man on campus"
WnK8 TIL Woodie Guthrie’ copywrite claim to “This Land is Your Land” was for 28 years and stated “anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern.” Today multiple organizations claim copyright for the song.
JYprk TIL that a photographer took photographs of Robert Kennedy’s assassination. The LAPD confiscated these photos for evidence. When he asked for them back, he was told they’d been destroyed. He sued and during the trial it was proven they tried to provide fake photos and his original photos were stolen