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TIL that dogs will sometimes fake being sick to get attention

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JbpB TIL of Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Maxam. When his compound in Vietnam began taking heavy fire, he manned a machine gun at the most vulnerable point to return fire. He was hit with bullets, an RPG, and grenades, but kept returning fire for an hour and a half before succumbing to his wounds.
WkOxY TIL a Senior Judge of the US Court of Appeals was involved in running Operation Match, the first US computer dating service, after he dropped out from Cornell University due to "boredom".
xVo8B TIL: There's a Native American lake named Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. It means "you fish on your side, I fish on my side, and no one fishes in the middle." Located in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, it is known more commonly as Lake Chaubunagungamaug or Webster Lake.
v17rL TIL that in 270 million year old caves 150 feet underground in Kansas City there are around $1 billion dollars worth of postage stamps.
neolG TIL about the alive and well easter tradition in slovakia for men to get day drunk, throw buckets of water on women, and spank them with willow whips.