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TIL in the Korean war US officer Dave Teich disobeyed orders and took 4 tanks to save 65 men from 300k Chinese troops attacking their position.

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E10V TIL: That “Chimpanzees, who cannot swim, have drowned in zoo moats trying to save others.” And “Given the chance to get food by pulling a chain that would also deliver an electric shock to a companion, Rhesus monkeys will starve themselves for several days.”
7rx0p TIL that only 4 out of 10 households have completed their Census form.
e0nRb TIL that the medical term for buttcrack is the "intergluteal cleft"
Jxnm TIL the Queen’s coronation dress had emblems of an English Tudor rose, a Scots thistle, a Welsh leek, an Irish shamrock, an Australian wattle, a Canadian maple leaf, a New Zealand fern, South Africa’s protea, an Indian pearly lotus, an Ceylonese opalescent lotus and Pakistan’s wheat, cotton and jute
DQ1lg TIL amidst early concerns about leaded gas, the engineer who discovered tetraethyllead as an additive demonstrated its 'safety' by pouring it over his hands and inhaling its vapor, stating he could do this every day without issue. He later took a leave of absence due to lead poisoning.