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eVl6 TIL that armed with just a baton, an officer of the Mumbai Police charged a terrorist wielding an AK-47 and held the barrel of the gun long enough for his colleagues to apprehend him. The policeman died in the process.
grvj9 TIL about "agrivoltaics," which is the use of land for both agriculture and solar photovoltaic energy generation.
VBLo0 TIL that if chess wasn't separated into men's and women's rankings the world's #1 rated female player wouldn't even rank in the top 100 players worldwide.
w1no TIL that in 1914, Frank Lloyd Wright’s manservant murdered 7 people, including Wright’s mistress, by trapping them inside the dining room of the original Taliesin, setting the house on fire, and taking an ax to victims who tried to escape.
E6EV TIL that in 1983 Mr. T was the White House’s Santa Clause.