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TIL the father of rocket science was a self-educated grade school math teacher

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KYZo9 TIL that the youngest American to serve in the military in WW2 was Calvin Graham, age 12. He served in the US Navy and fought at Guadalcanal, was awarded 8 medals which were subsequently stripped when his mother saw him on a news reel and told the Navy his real age.
aDXN TIL that Unicorns are mentioned in the Bible.
jwjM TIL Singer James Blunt auctioned his sister off on eBay as ‘a damsel in distress’ when she was unable to get to a funeral. The winning bidder picked her up in a helicopter. They dated for 3 years and are now married.
exDE TIL There is an old soviet scientific research hut buried 20 ft. under snow in one of the most inaccessible places in Antarctica. If you can make it in the hut there is a visitors book you can sign.
xG17 TIL Main Street USA at Disney World only has one real American Flag, and the rest intentionally have less than 50 stars due to not wanting to take them down in inclement weather or light them up at night.