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TIL during the 1968 My Lai Massacre one helicopter pilot landed between the marauding American troops and innocent civilians and threatened to kill the Americans if they continued. He was later awarded America’s highest honor for bravery not directly involving combat

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0dPpL TIL about British politician Tony Benn met his future spouse in Oxford in 1949. Nine days later, he proposed marriage to her on a park bench. Subsequently, he purchased the bench from Oxford City Council and installed it in the garden of their home. The couple remained together for 51 years.
jNLgX TIL Nurhaci attacked China's Ming Dynasty, Korea's Joseon Dynasty, and his conquest of northeast China laid the groundwork for the conquest of China by the Qing Dynasty. He is also credited with ordering the creation of a written script for the Manchu language
b9Vy4 TIL only one two-lane road connects eastern Canada with western Canada. In 2016, the road was closed due to a bridge needing repairs, splitting the country for 17 hours and forcing drivers to detour through the US
awwxN TIL, Mark Zuckerberg, as made to believe through pop culture and hearsay, is not really a 'coding genius'.
8004 TIL that 22% of men and 30% of women in Eastern Congo report being victims of conflict-related sexual violence, and that 97% of the NGOs working in that field don’t even mention male victims in any of their literature.