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TIL about "Wake Up!", a Christian rock album by Pope Francis that was released in 2015.

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GA1M5 TIL that 6 year old Seryozha Aleshkov was the youngest soldier of WW2. The war orphaned him and then a group of soldiers took him in as a brother. He then went on to find German spies hiding in a haystack and was awarded for his intelligence. He died in 1990, aged 54. More information below.
6E4bZ TIL that the entire surface of Saturn's moon, Titan, can move several kilometers per month, suggesting that there is an ocean underneath the surface.
Y76PG TIL that in 1971, a man survived an accidental skydiving fall from 10,000 feet after his parachute failed to open, landing in snow and walking away with minor injuries.
R5N11 TIL Flowering plants first appeared 15 million years after the Jurassic period ended
jW4p TIL that the Day of the Dead was not celebrated with a parade in Mexico city till Mexican tourism officials were inspired by the opening scene of the James Bond film, Spectre.