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TIL that Lt. Quentin Roosevelt was shot down and killed during the First World War and buried by the German military, making him the only son of a President to die in combat.

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ep0yg TIL that onboard Apollo 10's mission to orbit the moon, there was an emergency when one of the astronaut's poop got loose and floated around the ship. All three astronauts denied responsibility. This came to light when the mission transcripts were declassified
rLAo TIL In 1980 a Centaur skeleton was assembled using the remains of a human and Shetland pony, then displayed as a real artifact in order to challenge student skepticism
AmVg TIL James Blunt put his sister on eBay as a “damsel in distress” when she couldn’t get to a funeral. the guy who won had a helicopter. He flew her to the funeral. Three years later they were getting married
WmYA TIL James Cameron made the movie Titanic to get a dive to the shipwreck funded by the movie studio; not because he particularly wanted to make the movie.
KYrB4 TIL that breast milk changes its composition based on the baby’s needs, even adjusting the antibodies it contains to help fight off illness.