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TIL of Jason Thomas, an ex-Marine who saved two police officers who were stuck in the rubble of the World Trade Center during 9/11, with the help of another ex-Marine David Karnes. When his mom told him about the attack, Thomas retrieved his Marine uniform and sped to Ground Zero without hesitation.

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yVNXv TIL Dave Grohl is a self taught Barbecue Pit-master who has succumbed to Brisket Addiction which effects 1 in 3 males in Texas. Because of this addiction he didn’t realize how much meat he was actually smoking yesterday and started giving it away. “I just wanted a Pulled Pork Sandwich.” /s
YpbM7 TIL that after the introduction of Chlorpromazine, the first ever antipsychotic, psychiatric hospitalization went down from 560,000 to 193,000 twenty years later.
xVy6o TIL captive bred Poison Dart Frogs are not toxic because of their diet.
QNrBE Today I learned about swing Band Leader Ivy Benson who was as famous in the 1940s as Glenn Miller, yet her name has not lived on in the public consciousness.
W76eX TIL that there is a species of deer (Water Deer) with long Sabertooth like fangs that are used purely for combat.