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TIL a bear almost caused a nuclear war

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eM44 TIL Chevy Chase avoided the draft by falsely claiming he was homosexual.
9l9G TIL that a man was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for kicking a would-be suicide bomber in the balls during the 2007 terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport
NOx8 TIL that robots have r/Showerthoughts: An AI failed to understand “Fred shaving”. It detected an inconsistency: people don’t have electrical parts, but Fred had an electric razor, so it believed “FredShaving” contained electrical parts and asked whether Fred was still a person while he was shaving.
vWB TIL that emu and red kangaroo are depicted on Australian Coat of Arms, because they cannot move backwards easily. Rather it symbolises nation moving forward.
Bg8aL TIL there is a skin graft derived from donated human neonate foreskin which is used to treat diabetic wounds