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TIL "Threes Company" is a remake of a British sitcom

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rrPy TIL During the battle of Stalingrad, Mikhail Panikakha had only two Molotov cocktails left after helping repel German attacks. He raised the one to throw when a bullet hit it, setting him on fire. He then took the last bottle, jumped out of the trench and hit the nearest German tank with it.
Dn4J TIL that despite being a minor background detail, the roaches in Half-Life had AI that would seek out food and react to other creatures and changes in the environment
R7ADl TIL that a comets tail always points away from the sun therefor it doesn’t follow like a tail at all.
VMRXG TIL in 1967, when the first black mayor of Washington D.C. sent his first budget to the House Committee on District of Columbia, chairman John L. McMillan of South Carolina responded by sending back a truck full of watermelons.
4XEQR TIL that the battle of Stalingrad was the largest battle in modern military history with over 2 million combatants