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TIL: A B-17 gunner put out an ammunition fire during a battle by urinating on it - later earning a Medal of Honor

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Rw5a TIL that the name Cerberus, Hades’ the three-headed dog that guards the underworld, is derived from the Greek word Kerberos which means spotted. Meaning Hades named is his guard dog “spot”
6EKQw TIL that in the 1950s, the Russians created the first ternary computer, The Setun, which recognizes 1,0 and -1. It’s more efficient than the 1, 0 of binary.
oBaa7 TIL after graduating college at 13 with a degree in Mathematics, child genius Promethea Pythaitha received considerable unwanted attention from the Greek-American Community, including an obsessive stalker who was killed in front of her house.
ePvJ TIL that someone assembled a statistical “cheat sheet” for you to use should you ever end up on The Price is Right.
xVKp7 TIL the first known case of "dying from laughing" involved the greek man called Chrysippus, who, after giving figs to his donkey, cried out "Now give the donkey a drink of pure wine to wash down the figs", had a fit of laughter afterwards and died.