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TIL Mick Jagger's youngest son is younger than his great-grandchild

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EgYbp TIL about the void that forms under certain trees when it snows, called tree wells. The upper branches of the tree prevents snow from falling below it, creating a pocket that is a serious peril for skiers & snow boarders. Several die every year from falling head first into these voids.
GAL77 TIL of Two-Gun Cohen, a British/Canadian adventurer who was a friend of Sun Yat-sen, helped China get weapons when Japan invaded in 1937, did work for the British in WW2, and when he died in 1970, his funeral was attended by both factions of the Chinese government.
4X5Ag TIL, the first human flight was in 875 AD. Abbas Ibn Firnas built a glider out of silk and feathers and flew for 10 minutes, but didn't quite work out how to slow the landing until after the flight and was injured. There is a crater on the moon named after him.
KbVR TIL that Worcestershire sauce is the result of a British recreation of Indian sauces.
ADkvl TIL R.Lee Ermey voiced all the Green Army Men in Toy Story 1 and 2.