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JWLv TIL that during WWI, Sgt. Alvin Cullum York led a seven-man assault on a German machine gun nest in France and captured 32 machine guns, 132 German soldiers and killing at least 20 others.
l84K TIL that The Lonely Island’s song “Dick In A Box” won an Emmy award for “outstanding original music and lyrics”
N7d5J TIL during WWII a Japanese Kamikaze hit the USS Missouri and his body landed on deck. Though an unpopular decision, the Captain demanded a proper burial for the Japanese soldier. He explained to his crew that: after death, he is no longer your enemy, and the crew hand stitched a Japanese flag.
XEY98 TIL "Raisin-BRAN" lost it's trademark in 1944 when a court ruled the name was too generic for trademark protection. Skinner Manufacturing Company introduced Raisin-BRAN in 1925 and enjoyed monopoly until 1942 when Post and Kellogg introduced competing products with the same name
grglL TIL that Japan developed crewed suicide torpedoes called Kaiten during WWII, where pilots steered modified torpedoes into enemy ships with no way to escape.