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TIL that static shocks can involve tens of thousands of volts, and even several amps of current, but don’t hurt you because they last only millionths of a second.

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yVeZV TIL US Army Maj. Gen. William Dean, captured by N. Kor. troops in 1950, was the most superior US officer captured since the fall of the Philippines. Before his capture, he led troops in brutal urban combat, knocked out a tank with a hand grenade, and survived over a month in the wild, losing 80 lbs.
Bgp9D TIL that following the D-Day invasion the USS Texas intentionally flooded part of itself to allow the ships guns to fire further inland
Er0d TIL During WW2, captured German officers, sent to Britain as POWs, lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitlers madness and V2 rocket bases.
nW6D7 TIL that Leonard Nemoy directed "Three Men and A Baby".
v1ZGK TIL that elevators are held up by 6-8 tension cables, and each individual cable can hold the full load of the elevator by itself.