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TIL That after using his body as a shield against a grenade and absoring 43 pieces of fragmentation, along with being shot 7 times by 7.62x39mm rounds, Sgt Bradley Kasal refused to quit fighting and his credited with saving the lives of several other Marines along with his own

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GMYj TIL that a reservoir in Portland, Oregon had to be flushed of 38 million gallons of water after a 19 year old peed into it.
VeaQ TIL that Hyder, Alaska uses Canadian electricity, a Canadian area code, Canadian police, and mostly Canadian currency; you need a passport to travel from Hyder to the rest of the United States, but not to travel from Canada to Hyder.
MKEV TIL the actor and actress who play Snow White and Prince Charming in ABC’s Once Upon A Time, met on set, fell in love, and are now married in real life.
dDjwj TIL that in 1956, a man named Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a plane from New Jersey, flew it into Manhattan, and landed it in front of a bar as part of a drunken bet. Two years later, he did it again for the same bet
PedO TIL on June 20, 1942 four prisoners, in stolen SS uniforms, escaped from the Auschwitz by driving out the exit gate. Upon arriving at the armed gate, one of the prisoners yelled from the stolen car “Wake up you damn buggers! Open up or I’ll open you up” The guard immediately raise the barrier