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TIL Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Daly, the 'fightenest Marine I ever knew', encouraged the Marine advance in 1918 by yelling to his men and , 'Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?' In his career he got the DSC, 2 MOH, a Navy Cross, and a Silver Star, plus other medals.

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5VyrQ TIL George Washington decided to step down after two terms because he feared he might die in office and Americans would then view the presidency as a lifetime appointment
X0PBP TIL That Typhoon Tip was the largest most intense storm ever recorded, with winds 190 mph and size of 1380 miles wide in the south pacific, north of the Solomon Islands in 1979. Hurricane Patricia (2015) had the highest winds at 215 mph but was smaller in size and didn't last as long.
KOG0J TIL that Hawaii's state bird, a goose known locally as the nēnē, was at one point down to a population of only 30 in the wild. After 60 years of conservation efforts to restore the population, the nēnē have rebounded and there are now roughly 2,800 birds roaming the islands.
WkVm9 TIL during the entire filming of Mary Poppins, NOBODY, not even Julie Andrews, let Dick Van Dyke know he had the “most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema.”
b9rAZ TIL: The "Canadian beer is stronger" idea is a misnomer. The U.S.A. used to use ABW (weight), whereas Canada used ABV (volume). This lead to a difference in labeled alcohol content despite the two being fundamentally the same.