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TIL that the last American WWI veteran lied about his age to serve in the military at 16. He told one recruiter he was 18 but was told to go home "before my mother noticed I was gone." Instead of being discouraged, he doubled down and told the next recruiter he was 21 and was signed up on the spot.

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L5Vv TIL that the National Archives keeps the Nixon White House tapes in a climate controlled vault with hopes that future technological developments could allow for restoration of 18 ½ minutes of missing audio that may have been deliberately erased
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b98ja TIL That when he died, Martin Luther King Jr had a public disapproval rating of almost 75 percent
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1nWW TIL the Satanic Temple endorsed Republican Rick Scott for governor of Florida, saying “Satanists are happy to show their support of Rick Scott who… has reaffirmed our American freedom to practice our faith openly, allowing our Satanic children the freedom to pray in school.”