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TIL that in the US men make up 92% of workplace deaths

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m1WRY TIL in order to end the My Lai Massacre, Hugh Thompson Jr. landed his helicopter between civilians and advancing American troops, ordering his own men to fire on any troops that would attack civilians. He was condemned and ostracized by the US military, government, and public.
xNb5 TIL: Teachers in the state of Texas are legally permitted to carry firearms in the classroom.
0wNy TIL in 1957 Burkhard Heim, a German physicist, theorized a propulsion system that could reach Mars in as little as five hours, and this system is still being researched today.
QyEa TIL that a gorilla learned sign language, can understand spoken English, and scored up to 95 on IQ tests.
Br9ax TIL "Second Breakfast" is not just a LOTR meme, and is in fact tradition in many countries