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TIL according to a Daoist legend, humans are the descendants of god’s parasites

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b9De4 TIL about Momčilo Gavrić who was the youngest known soldier to fight in World War 1 being only 7 years old. After his family was killed by Austro-Hungarian soldiers he would go on to join the Serbian Army, fight in the Battle of Cer, and at the age of 8 reach the rank of Corporal.
VBRnB TIL in the Switzerland in some parts still there’s no legal age limit for buying cigarettes
dmxQ TIL that it would have cost NASA more money to fake the moon landing than actually doing it
Mlr0 TIL that when a dignitary complained to President Theodore Roosevelt about Alice Roosevelt (his daughter) smoking on top of the White House, Roosevelt replied, “I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.”
kJBk7 TIL: Howard Hughes invented the prototype pushup bra because he was obsessed with Jane Russell's chest