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TIL: During the Vietnam War one damaged American F-4 Phantom fighter pushed another damaged F-4 away from certain capture by resting the second airplane’s tail hook onto his own cockpit glass and pushing him to a safer location before both crews bailed out and were rescued the next day.

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8aKk8 TIL modern fire departments were the creation of insurance companies. Insurance companies hired private brigades to put out fires for their policy holders. Each insurance company had their own brigade and would extinguish the fires of their customers while leaving non-customer properties to burn.
OoeX6 TIL of the frog known as the “Hairy Frog”, “Horror Frog”, or the “Wolverine Frog” that is so aggressive it will literally break its own bones, force them through the skin, then use them as claws to attack; even humans.
nabW TIL It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament. Anyone who dies there is entitled to a state funeral. So if you look at least the little bit sickly they escort you out immediately.
ney97 TIl that in 1926 Anglo-Irish woman Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini. However, the first shot only hit his nose and the gun misfired when the attempted a second. She was released without charge, deported to the Britain and spent the rest of her life in a mental asylum.
r9Ky TIL Zheng He (born 1371) was a Chinese explorer, mariner, diplomat and fleet admiral who travelled as far as Arabia. He was a eunuch who had been castrated by the Empire and enslaved as punishment, but rose to immense power.