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TIL a Navy Seal Lieutenant, Michael P. Murphy, along with a 4-man team were pinned down by nearly 100 Taliban Militants in a remote part of Afghanistan. Murphy made his way to a high-point in the mountains to successfully phone in reinforcements. He continued to fight for 2 hours until his death.

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nKMb TIL the KGB tried to blackmail Indonesian President Sukarno by telling him they had a sex tape of him. Sukarno was delighted and asked for extra copies
awV8A TIL of Machine Identification Code (MIC), a pattern of yellow dots color printers add to their output that has metadata about the printer, the document and the operator. Its existence was secret for more than 15 years.
yQ4WX TIL Tom Hanks, who played Mr. Rogers in “ A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood”, is Mr. Rogers’ sixth cousin.
5ly9 TIL that Animal House was filmed on campus at University of Oregon only because the dean had previously refused to shoot The Graduate on that same campus, and he regretted that decision so much, he allowed Animal House to be filmed there.
1aOM7 TIL That the CIA not only tried to assassinate Fidel Castro literally but also tried their hand in character assassination including using thallium salts to attempt to destroy his famous beard