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TIL about Jack Churchill, the man who ran into battle in WW2 with a longbow and sword

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Y7J7v TIL: The sentinelese, an uncontacted hunter gatherer tribe living in a remote Indian island in the Bay of Bengal
n9mP TIL Manchu women used to show affection for their sons by performing fellatio on them. At the same time kissing in public was frowned upon.
oBMGL TIL of "Project A119" a plan from 1958 in which the US Air Force wished to nuke the moon in an attempt to show power over the Soviets and also collect data on astrogeology. The project was eventually rejected due to fear of public backlash.
loAjG TIL about the blackpoll warbler, a 5-inch-long bird that weighs about as much as a ballpoint pen. In their fall migration they take off from the northeastern US and don't stop flying until they reach South America- 72 to 88 hours and 1900 miles of nonstop flight over the Atlantic Ocean is involved.
mxD6E TIL that the original DeLorean only had 130 hp