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TIL about Desmond Doss. The movie Hacksaw Ridge tells his story of saving the lives of 75 men. The truth is more incredible. The number was closer to 150 and he did so with a shattered arm, something not depicted in the movie, as the director felt it would be too much for the audience to believe.

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4XNk6 TIL J. K. Rowling wrote a short 800-word prequel to Harry Potter for a charity auction in 2008. 13 authors were asked to write an original work for the auction, and Rowling's piece sold for more than all the other writer's works combined at 25,000 pounds alone.
oBvV7 TIL that radio was broadcast live until the late 1940s because of how bad recorded phonograph discs sounded. Prime time shows had to be performed twice in the U.S., once for each coast.
wLXPM TIL Eggo waffles were originally called "Froffles", but because of the strong egg taste, the public called them "Eggos".
WkpMB TIL of blindsight, where a cortically blind person can't consciously see but still has visual information subconsciously processed. Such a person may avoid an obstacle in their field of view but not know why they did so.
yQ7Ae TIL:About Albert Hale Sylvester a surveyor that worked for the USGS and US forest service, he gave names to over a 1000 natural features in Washington State, sometimes he was very whimsical/unusual in his naming practices giving such names as, Dirtyface peak,Dishpan gap,pass no pass, and many more.