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TIL Pedongi, an Indian Army Service Corps mule, was captured by Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. She later defected back to Indian lines with a Pakistani MMG and two boxes of ammo and was later awarded Vir Chakra, India's third highest military award.

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X0gL8 TIL of the Bantu expansion, where Bantu people spread from modern day Cameroon to almost all of Sub-Saharan Africa.
gvrL TIL in 2006 a parrot was summoned to court as a witness in a divorce trial. The parrot described 3 “pretty dollies” that the husband had “tickled” while his wife was away. He also identified the women in photographs, calling them by their correct names. The judge granted the Mrs. her divorce
Rela TIL that, once, while on a tour bus, Busta Rhymes heard one of the songs on Eminem’s “Slim Shady EP” and got so into the music that he smashed his head on the windshield of the bus, breaking the whole windshield, because he said Eminem’s music was so compelling and powerful.
wO8M TIL: “ADT” Security Company employed serial killer Dennis Rader, who would disable the alarm systems he installed before proceeding to rape and murder the occupants.
wLKPJ TIL the Nazi greeting was so widespread in Germany by the mid-1930s that department store employees greeted customers with, "Heil Hitler, how may I help you?"