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TIL in 1952, at the age of 18, Donnie Dunagan became the Marine's youngest-ever drill instructor. He served 3 tours in Vietnam and was wounded several times, earning 3 purple hearts. He also kept a secret for over 50 years that he was a child actor and the voice of young Bambi.

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d88Kj TIL That Quaker Oats once experimented radioactive materials on mentally challenged children
QN8R9 TIL that in the 1950's, an air cushioned vehicle was invented by a doctor named William Bertelsen from his garage
JYkB8 TIL about ongoing Greek TV show "Light in The Tunnel" which among solving countless muder and missing cases in Greece, was added twice on the Guinness W.R.; once for finding 85 missing persons in the span of 75 episodes and again for finding a woman missing for 58 years, in just 10 minutes
WkgNB Today I learned Martin Van Buren (the 8th president on the United States) was the first American citizen to be president
ywmp TIL, there’s a version of “The Tortoise and the Hare” where everyone dies in a forest fire because the tortoise, having won the race and therefore seen as the fastest, is given the job of warning everyone.