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TIL that before the invention of electric light, most Europeans had two phases of sleep, awakening late at night before sleeping again, called biphasic sleep

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XAWP TIL during WWII, the first Conscientious Objector to win the Medal of Honor was a man named Desmond Doss. He refused to carry a weapon into battle, instead earning the medal for saving dozens of men under direct fire, even after being badly wounded himself.
VME14 TIL that Polish intelligence officer Witold Pilecki volunteered for a resistance operation to be imprisoned in Auschwitz in order to gather intelligence about the camp. He organized a resistance movement in the camp, sent information to the Allies about what was happening there, and escaped in 1943.
7rMQO Til that Mr.Rogers basically saved all of pbs by speaking in front of congress about the importance of public access tv for kids learning
6DPY TIL The first guy to win “Who Wants to be Millionnaire?” John Carpenter, used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his Dad and told him that he didn’t need any help on the final question and just wanted to let him know that he is about to win 1,000,000$
JYDrQ TIL movie trailers aren’t made by anyone involved in the film shooting or editing process. They are made by a select few marketing companies, who are often given an incomplete film or just dailies. Directors often hate their own movie trailers