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TIL the Kurdish fighting group, Peshmerga, literally mean “He who faces death” and they often inspire kurdish youth through their bravery and fighting origins.

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X7Bj TIL Erwin Rommel on being condemned to death for the July 20th plot against Adolf Hitler, chose an offer of suicide and took a cyanide pill, both to protect his staff and as a ‘blood guilt’ (Sippenhaft) law meant that his family would have been punished as well, and in this way both could be spared.
gMwdL TIL that after the Apollo 11 moonwalk, NASA was concerned about the volatility and possible fire or explosion of lunar dust after the LM was filled with oxygen. Armstrong and Aldwin spread out a sample in the LM before repressurizing and watched to see if it caught fire or smoldered. It did not.
rRJBW TIL during the pre-game broadcast of a September 27, 2009 MLB game between the Mariners and the Blue Jays, announcer Mike Blowers eerily predicted a players 1st homerun with uncanny accuracy.
Wp88 TIL that the two pilots on a british airways flight can’t order the same meal for safety reasons
rdPe TIL of Trinite, the glass created by the first nuclear weapon detonation, was sold and used as jewelry before it was found to cause radiation burns.