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TIL that a glass ball will bounce higher than a rubber ball!

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5Vr9 TIL of an American soldier who put up such a fight in captivity so well the Viet Cong executed him out of frustration. He was last heard singing “God Bless America”. He was later awarded the Medal of Honor
Rwn6 TIL the train scene from Inception was not a CGI. The crew fitted a tractor truck to look like a diesel locomotive and smashed cars with it.
N9YN TIL that during WWII, Gurkhas, for fun, would crawl through enemy Japanese lines, sneak up on the sentries, cut their shoelaces and then return without being detected.
lojWK TIL, superfetation is the simultaneous occurrence of more than one stage of developing offspring in the same animal, essentially getting pregnant while already pregnant.
Rov1 TIL: Japan’s 2022 Fifa’s world cup bid included projecting 3D holograms of the games live onto fields across the world.