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TIL that an atomic bomb cameraman ripped his safety goggles a split second before the bomb exploded. He immediately covered his eyes with his hand and saw his hand’s bones through his closed eyelids just like in an X-ray.

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NXEZ8 TIL about Hugh Thompson Jr, the Hero of My Lai. During the Vietnam war he stopped the massacre of My Lai perpetrated by US forces upon unarmed civilians at My Lay and rescued several civilians. He and his crew even held US soldiers at bay with guns as he rescued a 6 year old among a pile of corpses.
MeKZ7 TIL In 2013 In lieu of Money, Toyota helped Food Bank-which is the countries largest anti-hunger charity-by improving the system at Food Bank and cut down the wait time for dinner to 18 minutes from as long as 90. Toyota used "Kaizen" (continuous improvement) instead of just giving a check.
dDjVK TIL that in 1942, the Indian Confederation of America, representing 27 tribes across the U.S., Canada, and Central America, named Stalin as an Indian Chief for his role in the successful defense of Moscow.
yVl0M TIL about the Sinus Milieus system, a segmentation model developed in Germany that sorts people into distinct lifestyle groups based on psychographic characteristics
Oo1pL TIL Leonard Nimoy made a song about Bilbo Baggins, the bravest little Hobbit of them all.