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TIL that foxholes dug by American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII still exist in the French woods to this day

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Lkaop TIL that falling bullets can reach a terminal velocity 3x faster than the speed needed to penetrate the skull AND falling bullets are > 5x as lethal as non-falling bullets.
bBY7 TIL that a Magical Negro is a plot device used in American fiction where a black stock character offers his or her wisdom, insight, or magical powers to help a troubled, white main character
v1daD TIL about James Christopher Harrison, an Australian blood donor whose rare plasma composition has helped in the treatment of Rhesus disease. In May 2018 he made his final donation (1173rd) at the age of 81 after having saved 2.4m babies during his lifetime as a donor.
8aEvP TIL that in the 15th century, King James IV conducted an experiment by sending a mute woman and two infants to an empty island to learn what the ‘natural human language’ would be.
7rn1P TIL how much we owe to John B. Goodenough - On the teams that invented RAM, Lithium Ion Batteries, and now Solid State Batteries. Nobel Laureate. This guy is a rock star. Still working at 97 years old.