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TIL In 1965 Milton Olive III sacrificed his own life to save a group of soldiers by smothering a live grenade. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor award, becoming the first African American of the Vietnam War to do so.

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NlLJ TIL that squids have been observed flying in the air at heights over 6m and lengths of over 50m. They will continue jetting water while airborne to gain momentum and align their bodies to glide in an aerodynamic and controllable way.
N7ZP1 TIL the Union Army tried to invade Texas with 5000 men during the Civil War. The defending confederate side was only comprised of 50 Irishmen. The defenders killed or captured over 200 union soldiers, destroyed 2 gunboats and suffered no losses themselves and received Irish styled medals as a reward
ep0xb TIL that in 1932, Edith Roosevelt, the Former First Lady and widow of Theodore Roosevelt, campaigned for Herbert Hoover's re-election to emphasize that the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was not her son.
JYgEQ TIL that in the 40's, a Californian nightschool teacher discovered fossils in a local quarry and formed a group of students whom he taught how to uncover them. One of their discoveries included in Antelope with four antlers.
W7vRB TIL that, on April 6, 1994, the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were both assassinated when their plane was shot down. In Burundi, it was seen as a tragic accident and their president was in the wrong place at the wrong time. In Rwanda, it set in motion the Rwandan Genocide.