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TIL The manliest of all men was a French commander named Marshal Ney, who directed his own execution

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RAm9 TIL on 8 September 2009, Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer disobeyed a direct order from a superior to pull back from his position so he could rescue wounded soldiers from a firefight a mile away. He ended up going back five times, saved the lives of 36 soldiers, and won the Medal of Honor.
N7JyE TIL: Given their lack of empathy, psychopaths are not susceptible to contagious yawning, according to a study conducted in 2015 at Baylor University
awRdJ TIL There was a taboo against cunnilingus in Ancient Rome. A man who performed it on a woman was subject to mockery and there's a number of humorous graffiti about it, with one of them insulting a local candidate for office as "cunt licker"
16rpV TIL real doctors from USC Medical Center were recruited to play the doctors who try to save E.T. because Spielberg felt that actors talking about technical medical matters didn’t seem natural.
NX0lJ TIL of the 1866 shipwreck of the General Grant near New Zealand. Of the 83 on board only 15 survived the sinking and became castaways on Auckland Island. After nine months four of the survivors attempted to row for help and were never seen again. After 16 months the last survivors were rescued.