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TIL: Trapped behind enemy lines during the Korean War Chester Puller Stated, "We’ve been looking for the enemy for several days now. We’ve finally found them. We’re surrounded. That simplifies our problem of finding these people and killing them." He and his men survived.

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epaDE TIL about a phenomenon called "delayed implantation" in grizzly bears. The embryo will start gestation only after the mama bear has gained enough weight to avoid death by starvation during hibernation.
oRmjr TIL Dame Maggie Smith was only 57 years old during the filming of Hook (1991) and was aged with makeup to appear as the much older Wendy Darling
J1648 TIL tilefish were a very popular food in the US during the late 1800s. It was discovered by a sea captain and his crew who found it to be very tasty. Its popularity decreased after all tilefish were killed due to getting trapped in cold water. It took decades for tilefish to be caught again.
eNwg TIL Jesus’ foreskin is called the “Holy Prepuce” and several European churches have claimed to be in possession of it and that it has miraculous powers
KkkB TIL of Parkinson’s Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.