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b6ojj TIL about Royce Williams who in 1952 was engaged in a one-man dogfight with seven MiG-15s that lasted 35 minutes.
6XDw TIL Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates sacrificed his life for his crew by walking to his death in −40 °F. His last words were “I am just going outside and may be some time.”
BgZ5y TIL that in 1916 during the Eater Rising in Dublin the opposing sides of the Irish Citizen Army and the British forces would cease firing every day to allow Park keeper James Kearney to feed the ducks.
XE7RX TIL Steve Martin's first job was at Disneyland. He frequented the Main Street Magic shop and demonstrated tricks to potential customers. He was captured in the background of a home movie that was made into the short film Disneyland Dream, incidentally becoming his first film appearance.
lMXa TIL there are approximately three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, worth billions in value and treasure.