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TIL about Desmond Doss, an American combat medic in WW2 who single-handedly rescued an estimate of 75 men in Okinawa in one battle, one at a time, without carrying a single weapon. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery, and was the first conscientious objector to be given it.

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X0vJQ TIL that Paul McCartney and Wings’ third album, Band on the Run, was mostly recorded by Paul, his wife Linda, and guitarist Denny Laine, as guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Danny Seiwell quit the band before their flight to Nigeria to record.
4Xbb5 TIL that’s the pilot of Gilligan’s Island was filmed on the day of JFK’s assassination. Even after hearing this news, they continued filming and when they shot the Minnow’s departure scene, all the flags were at halfmast
JYvdl TIL the three-breasted prostitute that appeared in Total Recall, portrayed by actress Lycia Caff, was originally designed to be incorporated into Star Trek: The Next Generation, which first aired in 1987. Ship's counselor Deanna Troi was originally going to have three breasts, but she protested.
RYbQ TIL 18-year-old Joshua Browder created a ‘robot lawyer’ that allows people to get free, custom-generated legal documents to appeal their wrongly issued parking fines. It’s estimated that his service has already saved users $3 million.
OAre TIL: During an interview, Louis CK once directly asked Donald Rumsfeld if he was a flesh eating lizard that fed on the poor. He even asked if he ate Mexican babies…