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TIL that Jimmy Stewart(actor) was a bomber pilot in WW2 and the Vietnam War. His last bombing mission was in 1966 as a Brigadier General in the US Air Force

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9Yw4G “It’s not as silly a question as you might think,” says Michael Moore, a marine-mammal research specialist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. “It would take some extraordinary circumstances, but any mammal can get rabies.”
BrAwK TIL Before he got famous on Saturday Night Live, Bill Murray portrayed Johnny Storm/Human Torch in a 1975 Fantastic Four radio show.
E1n70 TIL that a Dutch startup is attempting to train crows to pick up and dispose of cigarette butts in exchange for treats.
Zpy9p TIL In 1943, an American B17-F bomber was heavily damaged during a bombing run over German airspace. In a show of compassion, Ace Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler, then with 27 aerial victories, opted to escort the plane back to Allied airspace. This action saved the lives of almost everyone on board.
omJA TIL In 2006 a man burned himself alive in opposition to the war in Iraq. It was never reported on major networks.