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TIL that the US army awarded 20 Medals of Honor, the highest and most prestigious military decoration, to soldiers for their actions at the Wounded Knee Massacre. Many of those killed by US troops during the massacre were unarmed women and children.

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0dr9M TIL a New Jersey man bought a $5 bottle of orange juice from Shoprite; his wife said it was too expensive and sent him back to return it, because it was on sale for $2.50 elsewhere. He then decided to buy 2 lottery tickets with the cash refunded from the OJ; he won $315.3 million.
wop5Y TIL that over 150 Japanese people contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakobs Disease (yes, THAT one) after being implanted with Lyodura, a brain patch illegally harvested from random cadavers
45vN TIL Nestlé has produced over 300 limited-edition Kit Kat flavors in Japan, one of the most popular being “soy sauce.”
neV6B TIL in an 8-hour workday, the average worker is productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes.
7rDNr TIL that a person takes, on average, about 8 showers per week. Men average 9 minutes per shower and women 9.5 minutes, which comes to about 62 hours per year for men and 65 hours for women.