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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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n1GG TIL Maurice Ward invented a material called Starlite, which could withstand temperatures over 10,000 C. Ward was so protective of his formula that he took it to his grave in 2011 and scientists still do not know the composition of the material.
b95Dp TIL: Oranges are a hesperidium, a kind of modified berry with sectioned pulp inside a separable rind. The sweet orange, which accounts for 70% of global orange production, is a hybrid of ancient cultivated origin between a pomelo and a mandarin.
G6M5 TIL: The Netherlands will pay for a disabled person to visit a sex worker up to 12 times a year.
nJPd TIL there are glasses which allow a red-green colourblind person to see colours the way everyone else does.
69oBW TIL gorillas were once considered cryptids and were described as human-like monsters until 1847 when it formalized as a new species.