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Today I Learned (TIL) Rommel risked his own life taking personal colour camera photos of Australian troops storming his own positions with bayonets

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NXXvM TIL that Alec Guinness earned 2.25% of the profit from Star Wars
WE59 TIL that during the filming of “Blazing Saddles,” a man walked into a scene of the movie. He wasn’t a part of the cast or crew, but the director, Mel Brooks, decided to leave him in the movie for comical effect.
x66ND TIL I learned about Herschel "Woody" Williams. The last surviving WWII Medal of Honor recipient.
nWKRP TIL that among some species of animal females experience more competition for mates then males do. As a result females take on characteristics more commonly associated with males of other species and males with females. This includes higher bone density, extra muscle and even harems.
NXBG8 TIL about the Melanesian “cargo cults” - an indigenous group who superstitiously recreated Allied / Japanese military equipment, clothes, and routines in the hopes that it would bring back more of the resources they saw delivered to bases on nearby islands during WWII.