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TIL Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day (December 25th) in England in 1642. However, a baby born on the same day in France would have a January 4th birthday because there were two competing calendars at the time.

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DQJdV TIL Stan Lee served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He enlisted in 1942 after the attack on Pearl Harbor and served until 1945. He was part of the Signal Corps, where he worked on repairing telegraph wires and communications.
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