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TIL that at the age of 56, Teddy Roosevelt Jr. was the oldest man and the only general to land by sea with the first wave of troops on D-Day.

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eG4L TIL that Yellowstone National Park’s geothermal hot springs are capable of dissolving a human body overnight
wJBW TIL that the North American grey squirrel is an invasive species in Europe. After the Italian government formed a well planned eradication strategy (where the outbreak started), PETA stepped in and collapsed the program near its finish. Now the grey squirrel has spread to the rest of the continent.
W7LQo TIL of "Target Fixation": a phenomenon where an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target, or hazard to be avoided) that they inadvertently increase their risk of colliding with the object.
wkxM TIL in 2008 a California nuclear plant was taken offline due to “a rapid influx of jellyfish”
16pDD TIL in 1990 a printer for the U.S. Naval Academy put the word “navel” on the graduates’ diplomas.