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TIL there is a list of Medal of Honor Recipients on Wikipedia, making it so you don’t have to post every single one.

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8eLmL TIL While noodles were popularized by Thailand’s government in the 1940s as part of an effort to save rice after a major flood, the first mention of Pad Thai in a cookbook only occurred in the 1960s.
1g78 TIL In 2012, Ty Warner (owner of Beanie Babies) stopped a woman and asked for directions in Santa Barbara, Calif. The woman was trying to raise money for a stem-cell procedure she needed to save her life. After learning of her condition, Warner gifted her $20,000 for the procedure
YKeP TIL The same fictional beer “Heisler” is featured in How I Met Your Mother, Always Sunny, Malcolm in the Middle, Star Trek: Enterprise, My Name is Earl, Weeds, Superbad, Training Day, CSI, Workaholics, New Girl, etc.
6EKx7 TIL about the “Great Shoe Spill of 1990,” where over 40,000 Nike shoes fell overboard out of a shipping container. Due to the shoes’ unique serial numbers, the spill has aided oceanographers in their studies of ocean currents. The shoes are still being discovered daily in distant locations!
MNx8 TIL Tim Allen went to prison in ‘78 for smuggling over a pound of cocaine through the airport