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TIL That Andre The Giant Let Out A 16-Second Fart That Brought Production Of The Princess Bride To A Standstill

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jYQa TIL the first Thanksgiving in North America was held in 1578 in what is now Canada which happened 43 years before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock.
1aZ0X TIL During WW2, USSR lost more soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad than USA during the complete war
EgYr0 TIL The 1st woman to win a Nobel prize in Medicine was Czech born Gerty Cori. Without much formal education, she took 8 years of Latin, 5 years of chemistry and 5 years of math IN ONE YEAR. She is the 1st woman without the last name Curie to win a Nobel Prize.
vAX7 TIL of Frank Durrant, a WW2 British Commando who, while shot 16 times and in Command of a small wooden boat - Took on a German Destroyer so ferociously the German captain recommended to the British Army he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was.
LoNQ TIL Space shuttles have blunt tips creating as much drag as possible to create a blanket of pressure protecting the shuttle from fire while entering earth’s atmosphere