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TIL 40 military musicians have been awarded the Medal of Honor

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b6ojj TIL about Royce Williams who in 1952 was engaged in a one-man dogfight with seven MiG-15s that lasted 35 minutes.
REV6 TIL that Pope Benedict XVI enjoyed flying helicopters, had a helicopter’s pilot’s license, but he did not have a driver’s license.
M7xwm TIL that "The Nutcracker" ballet wasn't considered a success when it premiered in 1892. It wasn't performed in the United States until the 1940s and didn't gain widespread popularity and develop into a holiday staple until the 1960s.
GA90j TIL that in 2017 a large void was found in the Great Pyramid of Giza. Egyptologists are unsure of its purpose or even if it has one.
wLGnY TIL that when wooly mammoths went extinct, their territorial grassland was replaced with birch forests. This ushered in an age of forest fires so significant that it may have changed the global climate.