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TIL HM1 Robert Eugene Bush was the youngest sailor in WWII awarded the Medal of Honor despite losing an eye and receiving shrapnel from three hand grenades. He was 18.

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XE4g6 TIL in 1982, the CIA successfully tricked the Soviet Union into stealing sabotaged software that oversaw pump valves in gas lines. The CIA used it to close off a massive Soviet gas line, leading to a massive pressure build up and “the most monumental non-nuclear explosion ever seen from space.”
x6P70 TIL the chromosomal cap, called telomere, grows shorter during cell division. Researchers also found out that most old people have shorter telomeres, that some telomeres had never shortened in those who lived past 100 years old, and that cancer cells don't die because their telomeres don't shorten.
VMP40 TIL Walt Disney planned to produce "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" animated movie similar to his earlier film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", but his plan was crushed after MGM studios won the film rights to the popular book first.
vPRAL TIL foot massages can lead to uterine contractions and cervical ripening in pregnant women, and can lead to preterm labor
epWZ5 TIL Without eye movements, the human field of view is around 150 degrees vertically, and 200–220 degrees horizontally, out of which 114 degrees are covered by both eyes so offer depth perception