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TIL a US army Sgt. single-handedly held off 30+ men alternating between a M16 and sniper rifle, and when rescued, opted to stay behind to defend his immovable injured comrade

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yQ6kV TIL Jeremy Clarkson was fired from "Top Gear" for punching a producer who told him the hotel kitchen was closed.
oROjL TIL There was a mega tsunami in Greenland in Sep 2023. It was triggered by a massive landslide and the resulting wave was almost 200 meters tall at its highest. It caused the Earth to Vibrate for a staggering 9 days.
WkDQA TIL: the Wow! signal, discovered by volunteers, remains the strongest evidence of extraterrestrial communication. The "Big Ear" observatory was since dismantled to make room for a golf course expansion.
oBMjW TIL that NATO made wildly false claims about losses they had inflicted on their adversaries in the Kosovo War, with the real numbers of enemy vehicles destroyed differing from official figures by as much as "3 tanks, not 120; 18 armored personnel carriers, not 220; 20 artillery pieces, not 450"
lWjV TIL In London, it’s cheaper to live in Madrid and commute via plane four days a week than it is to live in the capital.