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TIL about Montgomery tubercules, the bumps many people have on their areolas that help to lubricate it.

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paXb TIL in WWII, a dog named Gander fended off two Japanese ambushes. When they came back again, with a grenade this time, Gander picked it up and charged back at them, killing more Japanese, saving his wounded team, going out in a blaze of glory and earning a posthumous medal.
v1oyL TIL Harrison Ford was once a roadie for The Doors.
vPyYj TIL about “erotomania”, a rare condition in which patients are deluded into believing that somebody who likely doesn’t know them is infatuated with them.
KOxA6 TIL when the UN's Nordic Battalion was sent to Bosnia in 1993 it disobeyed orders, broke rules of engagement, faked loss of communication to HQ, and became known as one the most trigger-happy peacekeeper units. This enabled them to achieve their mission objective: to protect civilians at all cost.
LQbAr TIL that in the Netherlands, there is a closed village set up for people with dementia, where they can lead a normal daily life. Residents are observed and supported by caregivers who hide under the guise of ordinary residents.