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TIL that a lot of that weird creepy music in horror movies is performed on one unique instrument called a waterphone

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XgeE TIL that Bennie Adkins, a Green Beret in Vietnam, was awarded the Medal of Honor 48 years after being wounded 18 times during an 86 hour ordeal that included a run-in with a tiger and killing an estimated 135 - 175 enemy soldiers
LYaZ TIL MajorHarold Hering was discharged from the Air Force for asking the question, “How can I know that an order I receive to launch my missiles came from a sane President?”
R5N11 TIL Flowering plants first appeared 15 million years after the Jurassic period ended
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9wDDr TIL John C. Woods, the U.S. Army hangman at Nuremberg, lied about being an executioner and botched multiple hangings, leaving Nazis to die slow, agonizing deaths. He bragged about his work, survived alleged assassination attempts, and later died mysteriously by electrocution in the Marshall Islands.