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Today I learned what it actually means to “Pull out all the stops”

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e0bRL TIL I would not have been drafted in the 1970 Vietnam War Lottery. I was born in the 90s so I obviously never had chance anyways but something about it is still relieving.
78VGL TIL that Canada has the most number of lakes in the world?
9QDQ TIL that an ex-Gurkha soldier named Bishnu Shrestha took on 40 robbers single-handedly on a train to prevent a stranger from being raped armed with just a khukuri.
6ELLW TIL Neuroscience theory of “mirror neurons" suggests positive benefits of social interaction for teamwork
YpPlZ TIL that we humans have been dependent since 1977 on the blue blood of horseshoe crabs to keep our medicines safe. The crabs have been 'bled' for a chemical which is used to test for bacterial contamination in drugs. Finally, pharmaceutical companies are committing to a synthetic version.