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TIL of Charles Lightoller, who was the last officer remaining on board the Titanic as it sank only to be freed by a boiler explosion; later he helped evacuate over 120 men from Dunkirk.

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AD7Dl TIL from Paul Stamets “6 ways mushrooms can save the world” TED talk, that mushrooms and mycelium are powerful antibiotic agents with many potential untapped applications in pharmaceuticals, pesticides, terraforming other planets, ecological healing/the reestablishment of biospheres, and much more.
LklWr TIL Ernest Hemingway was recruited as a spy for the KGB in 1941, code named "Argo", but he never provided any valuable information and was abandoned by the Soviets by the end of the 1940's.
N7QxP TIL The warty comb jelly or sea walnut has a 'transient anus'. It forms a new anus (that immediately closes) every time it defecates. This has never been seen before and was observed only recently with this creature
pY7aA TIL that a rooster killed a Philippines police officer in 2020
8YeX TIL that the first programmer for the ENIAC was Jean Bartik, who learned to program the computer with no manual and only by looking schematic diagram as she did not have the clearance to see the computer.