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TIL: In the 80’s, there was a show called “The Greatest American Hero” about a man who was gifted a supersuit, but lost the instructions, and had to discover the powers through trial & error

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4XEba TIL Badass of the Week: Lachhiman Gurung -- After a grenade exploded in his right hand Gurung was left bleeding, partially blinded and one armed. Then he grabbed his rifle, chambered a round, and shouted, "Now come and fight a Gurkha!". Killed 31 Japanese soldiers in 4 hours that night.
78ArM TIL Ron Artest Applied For Job At Best Buy During His Rookie Season To Get Employee Discounts
44nN TIL In 1897, 6 Inuit were taken to the Museum of Natural Science to be studied. All but two died of disease. A boy who survived pleaded for his dead father to have a traditional burial, so the curators staged a fake burial to trick the boy. Years later, the boy found his fathers skeleton on display.
yLev TIL that there is a growing problem with keeping parrots as pets. As they are not domesticated, and their lifespan can be up to 70+ years, thousands are abandoned over the years. Incidentally, this problem increased when more people wanted to have an intelligent parrot like Alex as a pet.
XE5Bj TIL that in 1914, a 9 year old Irish boy wrote to the British army, requesting to be sent to the front becuase he was good at riding his bicycle and becuase he would often win fights with lads twice as big.