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TIL Only one woman, Mary Edwards Walker, has received the Medal of Honor, and her award was temporarily rescinded.

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ybpM TIL that during a pledge drive, a DJ at a Portland, OR radio station promised that the station would never play “Stairway to Heaven” again if someone made a $10,000 donation. Robert Plant was driving on the Oregon coast, heard the offer, and made the donation
VQMk TIL Space Jam is the highest grossing basketball film ever made
MebKK TIL in Japan, Nintendo continued to produce the Famicom (known as the NES in North America) until 2003, with technical support continuing for four years after that, citing a scarcity of parts as its discontinuation of it
woeMM TIL that Venus flytraps can count the number of times an insect touches their trigger hairs, helping them optimize their response for energy conservation and effective digestion.
GA7yJ TIL Apple's product placement guidelines for TV shows and movies prohibits the use of its products by the antagonist, or "bad guy", and from a writing standpoint impacts storytelling, as this guideline can inadvertently reveal which characters are good or bad.