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TIL of Lachhiman Gurung, A Nepalese Gurkha who lost his arm in battle but continued to fight with his bolt action rifle, single handedly holding off over 200 Japanese troops and killing 31 until the next morning.

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yVaYM TIL that when Alice Copper met Elvis Presley, Presley took him to the kitchen and gave him a .38 revolver. He told Cooper that he was going to show him how to kick a gun out of someone's hand. Before Cooper could react Presley had him on the ground with his boot on his throat
NXZ9N TIL of the Skoptsy, a 17th century russian christian sect who cut off their sexual organs "to perfect the individual by eradicating original sin"
9oVB TIL that Kathryn Beaumont was 13-15 years old when she voiced Alice and Wendy in the original 1950s animated Disney films Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953). She returned 50 years later to voice the same characters in 2002 for KingdomHearts at the age of 64.
WOr8 TIL the extinct Passenger Pigeon bird went from being the most abundant bird in North America and possibly the world during 19th century, to extinct in 20th century due to massive hunting and habitat destruction. Martha, the world’s last passenger pigeon, died alone in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo USA
QJj4E TIL that nazi symbol has nothing to do with swastika.it was hakenkreuz. Swastika was never mentioned in his book mein kampf. Hitler first saw the Hooked Cross symbol in a Christian monastery (Lambach Abbey) which he attended as a boy. He later adopted it as an emblem for his party.