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TIL Running back Joe Delaney, who could not swim, died attempting to save three children from drowning.

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xvZg TIL that Thor’s hammer was intended to have a much longer handle and be wielded two-handed. While it was being forged, Loki interrupted the dwarf manning the bellows, resulting in the hammer’s defect.
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nneG TIL that the motto for the Air Force Technical Applications Center is “In God we trust, all others we monitor”
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