Post * grLxy — Curious Curator

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TIL about Torsten Stålnacke - a Swede who, on 1961/09/14, during the Congo Crisis, had his jaw nearly shot off in battle. Forced to clear his windpipe of bone fragments in order to breathe, Torsten used M3-E1 to destroy an enemy APC - all the while holding his almost blown off chin in his free hand!

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pYEMG TIL that recent studies in the United States have shown that currently, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) ranges from six to nine cases per 1000. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) range from 24 to 48 cases per 1000.

xYG5 TIL that Po, the smallest Teletubby, is 6 ft. 6 in., while Tinky-Winky looms around 10 ft. tall. Though onscreen the Fab Four appear to be a baby-friendly size, in ‘person’ they are gargantuan, bigger than Barney, bigger even than Big Bird.

M7mJa TIL that the Nintendo DS was never meant to replace the Game Boy line of systems, but to act as a “third pillar” between the Game Boy Advance and the GameCube. This was so Nintendo could just continue releasing Game Boys if the DS flopped.

0dm8M TIL that during Christmas in 1915, a year after the Christmas Truce, when thousands of Allied and Entente soldiers traded gifts and played soccer in no-man’s-land, the Germans tried to make it happen again with Canadian soldiers. The Canadians responded by opening fire

Z8D1a TIL retailers will often get in defective lower quality models of popular products, known as derivatives, specifically for Black Friday. These inferior models are made with cheaper materials and have different bar codes from the actual product. This makes Black Friday one of the worst times to shop.