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TIL of Dipprasad Pun, a Nepalese soldier during the War of Afghanistan who was attacked by 30 insurgents. Believing he was about to die, he expended all 400 rounds of his ammunition, launched 17 grenades, detonated a Claymore mine, and killed an attacker with his tripod, causing them to retreat.

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5Xb9 TIL that the Human Brain’s ability to store memories is equivalent to about 2.5 petabytes of binary data
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jb9p TIL of a man who invented flexible glass. After the Emperor tested his claim he swore that only he knew the technique. Emperor Tiberius then had the inventor beheaded fearing that such a material would undermine the value of gold and silver.
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