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TIL about the Human Shield Action to Iraq; a group of people who traveled to Iraq to act as human shields with the aim of preventing the U.S.-led coalition forces from bombing certain locations during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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R5479 TIL Sir Paul McCartney worked with his brother Mike to co-write and produce an album, released in 1974. All the backing tracks on the album were performed by Paul and his band Wings, with lead vocals sung by Mike
JbpB TIL of Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Maxam. When his compound in Vietnam began taking heavy fire, he manned a machine gun at the most vulnerable point to return fire. He was hit with bullets, an RPG, and grenades, but kept returning fire for an hour and a half before succumbing to his wounds.
ep4yE TIL Although surveys indicate people think running is bad for one's knees, research shows it's not, and is likely good for knees/joints.
16WZ4 TIL: William Daniels (Mr. Feeney in Boy Meets World) is the voice of K.I.T.T. the car in the 80s series Knightrider.
KO5ZJ TIL the word “mile” originally comes from the Latin phrase “milia passuum” which means “1000 paces” as paces was the way Romans measured distances.