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TIL that Pál Szekeres is the only person to win both Olympic and Paralympic medals

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xVYp5 TIL that honey never goes off and has been found in Egyptian tombs fully edible.
KOYDE TIL about Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT) - a team of skilled fighters in top physical condition who interpret meteorological data, often in hostile territory, and deliver crucial information to air and ground forces.
0d6NA TIL that reduction in life expectancy due to COVID-19 was 1.9 years for men and 1.6 years for women
8eWGK TIL about the Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters, a bunker complex planned in the event of an Allied invasion of Japan. It included facilities for the Imperial General Headquarters, military communications, NHK and telephone, Imperial family residences, a shrine and a brothel
4kRa TIL Charles Manson was a “Theta Clear” level Scientologist