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TIL that when US forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001, American commandos rode horses into combat

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571p TIL On September 1918, a wounded German soldier limped into Private Tandey’s line of fire. “I took aim but couldn’t shoot a wounded man,” said Tandey, “so I let him go.” Years later he discovered he had spared an Austrian Corporal named Adolf Hitler.
VBnek TIL maternal prepregnancy obesity was associated with an increased risk of Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality through 1 year post partum; it appeared to be mediated by hypertensive disorders
QNWpM TIL that in spite of a public funeral attended by thousands, blues singer Bessie Smith’s grave was unmarked until 1970 because her husband refused to buy a headstone and pocketed the money when her friends attempted to purchase one on her behalf.
rNy5M TIL about the Fermi Paradox which tries to reconcile math that shows a universe full of earth-like planets but we’ve yet to meet an Alien 👽
OAG7 TIL: That Tupac’s last words, when asked by the police who shot him, were “Fuck you.”