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TIL the United Nations defines youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24.

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jekN TIL that the record for the highest number of children birthed by one woman goes to a Russian couple by the name of Vassilyev, having birthed a total of 69 children over a span of 40 years.
vPdBL TIL an orangutan named Fu Manchu figured out how to escape his enclosure at a zoo by picking the lock on a door. He did it repeatedly for weeks as zoo staff was stumped about how and tried every measure to prevent it only to finally catch Fu Manchu in the act using a piece of wire he kept hidden.
j6JPX TIL sitting U.S. President Harry Truman went for a 440-foot deep ride on captured German submarine U-2513 in 1946
KLOJ TIL Harriet Tubman threatened death to escaping slaves if they wanted to turn back. “If he was weak enough to give out, he’d be weak enough to betray us all, and all who had helped us; and do you think I’d let so many die just for one coward man.”
W7epo TIL Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal wrote a song for every day of the year (including February 29th), so that everyone would have a song for their birthday.