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e0GKD TIL Bear Grylls survived a free fall from 16,000 feet after his parachute failed to deploy
VM9kQ TIL that Alfred Hitchcock was afraid of Eggs. He also found egg yolk more revolting than blood because of its yellow color. It affected him so much that he avoided eating eggs so he would never have to taste it.
d8Km8 TIL Oskar Dirlewanger was a Nazi officer so sadistic that other SS units avoided interacting with him. He's been accused of child molestation and necrophilia, and was beaten to death by guards while in Allied custody
l7onV TIL That episiotomies, the intentional incision of the perineum during childbirth, was once considered routine. In the late 1970's, it was done in more than 60% of vaginal births. The procedure was discouraged by leading OBGYN groups in the 2000's, but still sometimes occurs.
yVeZV TIL US Army Maj. Gen. William Dean, captured by N. Kor. troops in 1950, was the most superior US officer captured since the fall of the Philippines. Before his capture, he led troops in brutal urban combat, knocked out a tank with a hand grenade, and survived over a month in the wild, losing 80 lbs.