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TIL Jacklyn H. Lucas, who joined the Marines when he was 14, stormed Iwo Jima when he was 17, and is one of the few people in the world to have fallen on not one, but two grenades to save comrades, and survive.

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e0EAg TIL on March 24, 1975, a 50-year-old bricklayer named Alex Mitchell watched an episode of the comedy series The Goodies, and literally laughed himself to death. According to a poll in January 2020, fans still say "Kung Fu Kapers" is their favorite episode.
kOd61 TIL that despite one playing a high school senior and the other playing a middle-aged divorced cop, Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen are only one year and a half apart in age. During the filming of Superbad, Hill was 24 and Rogen was 25.
DQEor TIL in 1975, the representative of Queen Elizabeth II dismissed the Australian Prime Minister from office
QJPgp TIL of the "Poe Toaster", an individual or individuals who, for over seventy years, on Edgar Allen Poe's birthday (January 19) would appear mysteriously and drink a cognac toast at the author's grave. He would also leave several roses in a "distinctive arrangement."
rRMjM TIL The story of Madame Bovary was partly based off of the sensational news story that told of the life of French woman Delphine Delamare