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TIL that during the initial airborne landings on D-Day, paratrooper John Steele got stuck on a church tower. He played dead for two hours dangling on the side of the church, was later captured and promptly escaped, fought for the entire day and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.

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v16n4 TIL Kelly Blue Book has been purchased by Autotrader (used car seller) and NADA Guides has been purchased by J.D. Power (a P.R. firm) and no longer give accurate values of used cars.
LkdAr TIL about the legendary pickpocket Apollo Robbins, who once stripped Jimmy Carter’s Secret Service detail of their watches, badges, keys, and the presidential itinerary. He once stole a man’s driver’s license and made it turn up inside a sealed bag of M&M’s in his wife’s purse.
16VGX TIL about Yang Jingyu: a Chinese resistance leader who fought the Japanese during WWil. Yang was encircled & killed after 5 days of fighting alone in the wild. An autopsy found only bark and grass roots in his stomach. His desecrated body was later given a proper burial due to fear of his ghost.
EgmrV TIL the phenomena of a jubilee where sea life rise close to the surface resulting in easy fishing only happens in two places....Tokyo Bay and Mobile Bay in Alabama
rxRM TIL After signing the Civil Rights act into law, LBJ said to his aide “We (Democrats) have lost the South for a generation.” He was right, as Republicans soon became the party of southern white voters.