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TIL that in United States military history, more citations for the Medal of Honor have been awarded for falling on grenades to save comrades than any other single act.

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kJGP7 TIL over 70% of Irish men are hazardous drinkers according to the WHO's AUDIT-C screen tool
D1ELg TIL about the Bolton Strid, a narrow section of river in Yorkshire, England that appears shallow and calm, but is actually a deep, powerful river flowing vertically. Local legend claims none who have entered its waters have survived.
ADAJB TIL New York City has entire fake buildings that act as vents for the underground subway
RLW6 TIL the British scrapped a plausible plan to assassinate Hitler because they believed he was doing more harm than good for the Nazi war effort.
d8wK7 TIL that Sojourner Truth's famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman", was altered by a white abolitionist, who rewrote her speech for publication in a stereotypical "southern black slave dialect". Truth actually grew up speaking Dutch and took pride in her "fairly correct English"