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TIL The frontal lobe is the first part of the brain to atrophy, causing difficulty in inhibiting irrelevant or inappropriate thoughts.

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y0JV TIL after receiving the Medal of Honor for jumping on two grenades, Jacklyn H. Lucas proceeded to conquer his fear by joining the 82nd Airborne in which during training his parachute failed and fell 3,500 feet and was unscathed. Oh, and joined the Marines when he was 14.
KYGRB TIL when “Star Wars” officially debuted in theatres on May 25th, 1977, George Lucas was so busy approving the film’s advertising campaigns that he forgot the film opened that day. That same evening, he went out for dinner in L.A. with his wife and saw crowds lining up to see the movie.
Eybp TIL the highest paid CEO in the US made $141,949,280 in 2013. Put another way, he made approximately the average yearly household income in the US…every 3 hours.
5men TIL early firefighters weren’t paid with cash, instead they first grabbed all valuable items out of the victims house or business, then would sell those items or keep them for themselves.
9p7D TIL on 9/11 Canada landed 33k US bound passengers and 239 aircraft in what is known as Operation Yellow Ribbon. Locals then housed and fed the strangers for days afterward.