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TIL about Jaswant Singh Rawat: The Lone Indian Rifleman Who Held Off a Chinese Battalion for 72 Hours During the Indo-Sino War

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kO67B TIL the hairy frog aka the wolverine frog gets its name from its behavior of breaking its own bones and sticking them out out of its skin to use as sharp weapons. It is the only known animal with this behavior.
R7K9l TIL that the legendary 1981 film "Das Boot" was shot as if it were a silent film, with all of the dialogue and sound added later, because the cameras and their newly developed gyroscopic stabilizers, used for the submarine interiors, drowned out the dialogue and diegetic sound.
MePlA TIL There is a tiny residential street in UK famous for its name: "Butt Hole Road"
oRllY TIL Walking was a competitive sport in the 19th century.
x6X0D TIL that in 1943 Herman the Cat was officially hired by the United States Coast Guard as an “Expert Mouser” to essentially control or eradicate the rodent population aboard ships.