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TIL during World War II, a U.S. soldier was ambushed by 5 Japanese tanks. He single-handedly destroyed all 5 and was eventually awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Wdjo TIL Penicillin would be extracted from a patient’s urine and be reused
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oxgE TIL that there is a Stonehenge type megalithic stone, calender structure in the Sahara Desert, built around 6000 years ago
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