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TIL of Sergeant Dipprasad Pun, a Gurkha soldier who single-handedly held his post against dozens of oncoming Taliban; after firing 250 machine gun rounds, 180 SA80 rounds, throwing 12 grenades and one claymore mine, 30 Taliban lay dead around him.

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8aAZV TIL about John R Fox, an Officer who ordered an airstrike on himself during the second World War to save and protect his country
WkLl4 TIL Oxford University Professor Sir Andrew Wiles was awarded the Abel Prize and $700,000 in 2016 for solving a 358-year-old math problem known as “Fermat’s Last Theorem.” Fermat himself claimed to have found proof for the theorem, but the margins of his notes weren’t wide enough to contain it.
9DDG TIL - NASA posted sounds made in space near different planets in 2007. They have been appropriately named “Spooky Space Sounds.” You can listen here.
JYbZQ TIL A weapon named Agent Orange was used in Vietnam War. It's aim was to destoy forests and make the bombing easier. But its horrific effects can be seen even in the recently born kids. It is also the cause of painful and slow deaths of many American soldiers who were present in the area.
n1eG TIL: Pantone 448 C, the “world’s ugliest color” according to research, is used by many European countries on their tobacco products to dissuade people from smoking.