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TIL of Audie Murphy, the most decorated US soldier of WWII, who held off a German company alone for one hour then led a successful counter attack despite being wounded and out of ammunition.

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gMD47 TIL Catholics are allowed to offer incense before altars of Buddha, who is seen as a most venerable, not a sign of worshiping God.
vllj TIL mules and donkeys kill most predators, and are used to protect livestock
xZQB TIL That “The Right of the First Night”, where a feudal lord had the right to be the first to bed the local wives, has no definitive evidence and might be a fabrication.
d569 TIL students at MIT conducted a study in which they told children to hold a Barbie doll, a Furby and a real hamster upside down for as long as they were comfortable. Although they knew the Furby was just a toy, they still felt guilty because it was programmed to cry and act scared.
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