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TIL of Douglas Albert Munro, the only US Coast Guard to receive the Medal of Honor. Whilst providing cover for ground troops with his boat, Munro was fatally wounded. The last words he said were, "did they get off?" referring to the soldiers he'd saved. He was 22 years old.

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EgyA7 TIL That all people with Sephardic Jewish ancestry can apply for Puerto Rican citizenship. This is super interesting because Puerto Ricans are born with American citizenship, but the Constitution of Puerto Rico also recognizes the right to a Puerto Rican citizenship distinct from that one.
W7voA TIL 70%-90% of detainees at the Abu Ghraib detention facility were mistakenly imprisoned
wG0Y TIL: Frank Zamboni and his brother Lawrence owned and operated a block ice business, but with the advent of the electric refrigerator, they knew their days were numbered. They opened an ice rink instead, which led to Frank’s invention of a machine for resurfacing the ice
Qo7M TIL that the last words of Peter Kürten, a serial killer executed by guillotine, said “Tell me—after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures.”
4X1Ma TIL that in 2014, actor William Hurt and a film crew shot a scene on a railroad trestle. The production team lied about getting permission to film on the tracks, and a train came mid-scene, giving the cast and crew less than a minute to evacuate. One crew member died and many were injured.