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TIL of Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, the shortest NBA player ever at 5'3''

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XErwQ TIL of submarine Commander Eugene Fluckey, credited with the most tonnage sunk in WWII, incl. a Carrier and leading men on land to blow up a train. He got 4 Navy Crosses, the Medal of Honor, his boat got several Presidential Unit citations and not one of his men got a Purple Heart.
OnNX TIL Some ants form “supercolonies,” massive communities of ants that can stretch for thousands of miles.
6r6Q TIL a 12 year old French boy faked his own kidnapping, going so far as to lie to police, saying he was taken by a cheek-scarred villain, all so that he wouldn’t have to go to the dentist.
5V99p TIL the first living thing to survive a cockpit seat ejection at supersonic speed was a bear.
9Yrar TIL the elapsed time in a dream is about the same as the elapsed time IRL. For example, if you dream of an activity that would take five minutes in waking life, you probably dream about it for a full five minutes.