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TIL J.W Boucher, a Canadian, managed to get enlisted into the Union army during the american civil war on his 3rd attempt after he initialy got rejected as too young to serve. In 1917, at the age of 72, he lied about his age and managed to get enlisted into WW1, likely the oldest person to serve

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0xaN TIL NES and SNES consoles turn yellow as they age because of a breakdown of a flame retardant chemical added to plastics used in older computer hardware.
7rKAp TIL of the New Mexico whiptail lizard, an all-female species that originated from hybridization. It reproduces without males through parthenogenesis and manages to escape extinction because of a constant stock of new hybrids. They even have female to female courtship to stimulate ovulation!
VMyep TIL the song 'Rapture' by Blondie (1981) was the first single featuring a rap to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Debbie Harry, lead singer of Blondie, has said many rappers, including the Wu-Tang Clan and Mobb Deep, told her it was the first rap song they ever heard.
0ww6y TIL California (population 39 million) has a larger economy than France (66mil), India (1.3bil), Italy, Brazil, Canada, South Korea, Russia, and Australia.
OoDna TIL of professional "fired men" that were used as department store scapegoats who were fired several times a day to please costumers who were disgruntled about some error