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TIL Medal of Honor recipient, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez fought for 6 hours straight and had 37 puncture wounds, exposed intestine, broken jaw, and eyes caked in blood. He was pronounced dead until he spat in the face of a doctor who was zipping him up in a body bag.

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OGlJ4 TIL in order to achieve higher stability and defeat undesired oscillations , the Horten brothers - designers of the UFO-looking WW2 German tailless prototype aircraft the Ho-229 - introduced a twisting design into the wing so that it had inherently different AoA across its chord.
Br6W TIL that O.J. Simpson was considered for The Terminator but James Cameron “did not feel that Simpson would be believable as a killer.”
x6JG5 TIL that lenticular clouds are often mistaken for UFOs? These stationary, lens-shaped clouds form at high altitudes, usually over mountains, and can appear to hover in the sky. Their smooth, saucer-like appearance and vivid colors at sunrise or sunset contribute to their otherworldly look, making th
r70o TIL in 2009 a man was arrested for child pornography in an airport while carrying a dvd of porn star Lupe Fuentes. When she found out, she immediately flew to the courtroom to prove she was over 18.
ZpKdG TIL that there’s a Fish Doorbell in Utrecht, Netherlands, where viewers ring the bell to help fish pass through a boat lock