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TIL of Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese military officer and UN observer who disobeyed UN Rules of Engagement to save "at least hundreds" during the Rwandan Genocide.

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JY01l TIL cats cannot taste sugar.
5Yr0P TIL of the amazing life of Josiah Henson, who walked 900 miles, with his wife and children, to escape slavery. He founded a colony in Canada and helped 118 others to freedom, and was the inspiration for the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
yvlp TIL the Anji Bridge survived 8 wars, 10 major floods, numerous earthquakes, including a recent 7.2 magnitude quake. It is also the oldest surviving stone-arch bridge in the world.
d8v0B TIL on 1816, after the French frigate ran aground the coast of Mauritania, 150 passengers and sailors went on a raft. They were found 15 days later, only 15 survived, the rest dying from drowning, hunger and violence from other survivors. Most had to eat human flesh to survive
b9M69 TIL Giorgetto Giugiaro, the designer of the Delorean, also designed a special pasta shape.