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TIL: Dumb people are too dumb to know they are dumb. Same with unfunny people.

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VMkZB TIL on two separate occasions, Lance Sergeant Johnson Beharry was leading a convoy of vehicles when his vehicle was hit by RPGs. On both occasions, his commander and others inside the vehicle were wounded. Both times he drove his burning vehicle out of the ambush, despite suffering head injuries.
LMZp TIL that theoretically, it would take 4 light years of worth of lead to stop a neutrino.
R5a8a TIL that nematodes make up 80% of all life on earth, making the average number of legs per animal to be 0.1
wowa7 TIL most chewing gum is made out of plastic
rRoxy TIL co-writer of "Take Me Home, Country Roads," Bill Danoff, had never been to West Virginia and actually considered using Massachusetts in the lyrics instead. He also later went on to write and record the 1976 #1 hit "Afternoon Delight."