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TIL Humans actually emit light (but very dim)

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Lk1pQ TIL that the two of the US pilots who were able to take off during the attack on Pearl Harbor and down 7 enemy aircraft in the process were denied the Medal of Honor because their commanding officer said they had "taken off without orders".
5V7jR TIL Secretariat, the 1973 Triple Crown Winner, has more U.S. roads named for him than any other athlete. As of 2020, there are 263 roads named after the horse.
lQAN TIL that whenever acclaimed author Douglas Adams faced writer’s block, he reminded himself that he was the only student ever to be awarded a “10/10” in creative writing by his teacher, Frank Halford.
EWQP TIL When filming on “Full House” started, John Stamos didn’t like the Olsen twins because they cried too much and he tried to get them fired.
Lk6Xv TIL in Maori myth Maui tried to make man immortal by turning into a worm and entering the vagina of the goddess of death while she slept, to reverse the path of birth. A bird laughed at this and woke the goddess, who crushed Maui with her vagina’s obsidian teeth, making Maui the first man to die.