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TIL U.S. Medal of Honor recipient Pililaʻau was found surrounded by 40 dead Korean soldiers and him holding a trench knife.

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1Jyr TIL that the Supreme Court ruling that guarantees you legal representation in criminal trials is the result of an appeal that was hand-written in pencil by a man with an 8th grade education only 45 days into his 5 year prison sentence.
91XD TIL that in 1990, the first documented Crash between two Cars fitted with Airbags, two 1989 Chrysler LeBaron, occurred; both Drivers walked away with minor Injuries from a Crash they would not have survived without Airbags (Photos in Comments)
pZlN TIL Walt Disney’s mother, Flora Disney, died from a gas leak attributed to a faulty furnace that Walt had installed in the home he bought both parents. She was found collapsed in the bathroom; her husband fainted while trying to get her out.
yQOXe TIL modern studies do not show any association between saturated fat and higher risk of death for any reason (cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, etc.) but they do show up to a 34% increase in death associated with unsaturated industrial plant oil-based fats such as margarine
R5WAl TIL about underwater hockey, also known as Octopush, which is played by holding your breath in a 2 metre deep pool while manoeuvreing a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool using only one hand into the other team's goal with a mini hockey stick/pusher up to 25 metres away at the opposite end