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TIL Joe DiMaggio, embarrassed by the special treatment he got in the Army during WWII, demanded combat duty.

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e0dBJ TIL A man named Dean Karnazes has a physiological advantage in that he doesn't seem to have a lactate threshold; thus was able to run 350 miles in 3 days without sleep
A5lx TIL a Starship Troopers anime was made in 1988
WkN18 TIL During the Beijing Olympics, a 9-year-old girl who sang a patriotic song at the opening ceremony, was revealed to be a fake lip-syncing. The real singer was a 7-year-old girl who was kept backstage, because she was considered not good looking enough and that might’ve damaged China’s image.
wLgkY TIL that the A-10 Warthog, the most common drone in war, uses depleted Uranium as the bullet core, because Uranium has higher density than lead, but also because it sharpens itself as it penetrates something, effectively penetrating tanks and what not with its' 30mm rounds. (See video: ~10:15)
JYnv1 TIL the longest filibuster in US history (a process of delaying a bill passing by speaking in the Senate until you want to stop) was over 24 hours (24 hours and 18 minutes). This was an attempt to delay The Civil Rights Act of 1957.