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TIL in order to end the My Lai Massacre, Hugh Thompson Jr. landed his helicopter between civilians and advancing American troops, ordering his own men to fire on any troops that would attack civilians. He was condemned and ostracized by the US military, government, and public.

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4Npa TIL Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera made an appearance at a restaurant where after taking his seat, his henchmen locked the restaurant doors, collected the cell phones of about 30 diners and instructed them to not be alarmed. After finishing his meal he then left and paid for everyone’s bill.
av7Z TIL that Disney owns part of a Canadian Porn streaming service through ESPN
OoVl4 TIL that while André 3000 from OutKast was a vegan for fifteen years, he recently gave it up, saying "Socially it became horrible. I was kind of just sitting at home eating a salad."
grdBb TIL an infection model explains why spiral galaxies have spiral arms—the deaths of massive stars trigger star formation elsewhere (infection), while their vicinities recover due to the dispersed material; this propagation/recovery and the galaxy's rotation leads to the spiral structures
0dy9R TIL Mary the Color Scientist is a thought experiment about a scientist in a black & white world. She has extensive knowledge of color but no actual experience of it. The experiment asks whether Mary will gain new knowledge when she goes outside of the colorless world and experiences seeing in color.