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TIL that when faced with over 1,000 NVA troops, Roy P. Benavidez flew into a gunfight to save 12 Special Forces soldiers with only a knife. He was shot multiple times and believed dead, until he spit in the face of the medic trying to put him in a body bag.

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LkgPP TIL that during the Vietnam War, an American POW used his blinking to spell out the word 'TORTURE' in Morse code when he was forced to perform in a Vietnamese propaganda film that was to be sent to the U.S.
5Y48k TIL that people living in Commonwealth countries get a birthday card from the Queen of England when they turn 100, 105, and all birthdays after that.
v1gDD TIL about 20% of the people with absolute pitch also have synesthesia
4W1o TIL that wolverines are being trained to find and rescue avalanche survivors, because they are naturally inclined to sniff out animals 20 feet below the snow and eat them.
4XPO6 TIL Neanderthals had significantly larger brains than modern humans and that our intellectual superiority is actually up for debate