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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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rNGB4 TIL Human feet are being found on the beach in the Pacific North West of the United States. So far there have been 20 random feet in the past couple of decades.
VW98 TIL when police raided a dog fighting ring in South Carolina, 8 suspects attempted to flee the scene. One of the suspects was taken into custody after one of the dogs chased him and “took him down”. The dog then escaped.
p840Q TIL that Angkor, the capital of the Khmer empire, was the largest city in the world during the middle ages. At 1,350 sq. miles, it was bigger than modern day NYC and Tokyo combined.
4j9w TIL Place on Earth furthest from land is Point Nemo or Pole of inaccessibility. It is a cemetery for the satellites and space stations. Over 263 satellites including MIR, 142-ton Russian Space Station have been crashed here. NASA is planning to crash International Space Station here at 2028.
wo6NE TIL this is the song the James Bond theme was based upon