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TIL that babies don’t have knee caps and they don’t fully develop until around 10 years

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d81eB TIL of the Circassian genocide, in which 80-97% of the total population were either killed or expelled by the Russian Empire.
Rkbj TIL that as only a Private in the US Army, Henry Kissinger was placed in charge of a German city after WWII, responsible for forming a civilian government to run the municipality. He accomplished this in eight days.
b68EQ TIL about Walter Arnold, a British driver who became the first person to get charged for speeding on 28th January 1896. He was driving his car at 8 mph, four times the speed limit of 2 mph.
16JVd TIL there are 2 diseases called childhood dementia and childhood Alzheimer's. Both of these are the result of genetics.
grrxy TIL that Isaac Newton was a member of the British parliament for one year. He spoke only once, and that was to tell someone to please close the window .