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TIL that "slash fanfction" predates the internet, originating in the 1960 with "Kirk/Spock" in the Star Trek fandom.

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Wkpoo TIL of Hannah Szenes, a Jewish parachutist dropped by the British into Yugoslavia during WWII to help rescue Hungarian Jews about to be deported to Auschwitz. Arrested, imprisoned and tortured, she refused to reveal details of her mission or her transmitter code. She was eventually executed.
45eJ TIL a man built a cutting-edge stealth boat for the US Navy. Then the government tried to put him out of business.
pGwZ TIL a frontiersman, known for eating the livers of his enemies, escaped his captures by cutting off the leg of his guard and using it as a weapon.
9BAp TIL Max von Laue had his Nobel Prize gold medal melted down and put in a solution to be hidden from Nazis. It was recovered and re-cast after the war.
QNeDE TIL Iroquois and Mohawk warriors participated in the battle of Queenston Heights (1812) and were crucial to winning the battle