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TIL that George S. Patton, before being temporarily appointed to the General Staff Corps in Boston, saved several children from drowning in August of 1923 when they fell off a yacht during a boating trip off Salem, MA. He was awarded the Silver Lifesaving Medal for this action.

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7rkMP TIL that there's a thing that can happen during rainy winters called "Ghost Apples." where the rain freezes on the rotting apple and then eventually the rotten part falls out leaving the the ice encasement, showing what looks like a "ghost apple"
78LKp TIL of the egg fried rice protests, a form of anti government protest In China where internet users post recipes for fried rice on October 24th, and November 25th. This is in reference to the birth and death of the son of Mao Zedong, who died from a bomb whilst cooking outside during the Korean war
QN9ba TIL Saturn, the 6th planet from the Sun, has a giant 6-sided polygon (larger than the Earth) situated at its north pole. Coincidence?
Edv0 TIL after France refused to deliver five missile boats Israel bought from them, Israel executed a heist to steal the boats and piloted them back to Israel
78V5O TIL of the British warship the HMS Shannon that captured the USS Chesapeake during The War of 1812. The Shannon’s unimpressive appearance which was on the expressed order of the captain Philip Broke, fooled the enemy into vastly underestimating her highly well trained crew.