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D1x5P TIL that when an Indian Captain was badly wounded in WW2 Burma and thought to be on his deathbed, he was quickly awarded a Military Cross because at the time it couldn't be given posthumously. He survived and became the first Indian to be promoted to Field Marshal.
Lk0Mm TIL that the game Rock Paper Scissors is as old as the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD). It was also known in Japan as Slug Frog Snake.
xVAj7 TIL of the Great Flood of 1862, which created a 300 mile long sea in California's Central Valley
KY0dG TIL that George Curzon who would become the Viceroy of India, was raised by a cruel governess Ellen Mary Paraman who made him wear a red petticoat with insults written on it. His attitude to women after this treatment, was problematic to say the least.
j6eOR TIL that Mewing is a form of “orthotropics” where you can supposedly change the shape of your jawline by the placement of your tongue in your mouth. John Mew coined the idea and was recently stripped of his dental license.