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TIL that Hugh Thompson Jr. ordered his own crew to fire upon friendly soldiers if they wouldn’t stop shooting civilians in the My Lai Massacre.

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Wk7V8 TIL A historical study from Korea found that male eunuchs in the royal court had a centenarian rate of over 3%, and that eunuchs lived on average 14 to 19 years longer than uncastrated men
pYWbA TIL about Damacus Goat, a special breed of goats with odd features of their head that make them look like monsters
NXe01 TIL that the Ford Pinto’s 4 cylinder engine was used in various other Ford models and was in production until 2001, long after the Pinto itself was discontinued
wojR6 TIL that in the 1950s the US Air Force was developing a highly maneuverable, hypersonic flying saucer. Code named "Pye Wacket" it was to be a defensive weapon for the B-70 Valkyrie mach 3 bomber.
Lkd8P TIL that Werner Herzog claimed he would eat his own shoes if Errol Morris would ever complete the movie "Gates of Heaven". When he actually did, Herzog followed his own claim which is documented as the movie "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe"