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TIL Joe Rogan is second cousins with Gerard and Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance

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rR5P4 TIL of Dipprasad Pun, a Nepalese soldier during the War of Afghanistan who was attacked by 30 insurgents. Believing he was about to die, he expended all 400 rounds of his ammunition, launched 17 grenades, detonated a Claymore mine, and killed an attacker with his tripod, causing them to retreat.
XwNQ TIL the creator of the Sims had the idea for the game while rebuilding his life after a fire.
OoLJg TIL there are a few generations that will never know what it’s like to have sex while wearing an N95 mask.
69X8J TIL that the French Revolution, and with it our liberal-democratic basic order, came about as a result of a investment bubble that burst in the 18th century.
oBbkr TIL water is not colorless. The pure water has a slight blue color that becomes a deeper green as the thickness of the observed sample increases. The blue hue of the water is an intrinsic property and is caused by selective absorption and scattering of white light.