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TIL of a British Army Gurkha who, in 2010, single-handily fought off up to 30 Taliban fighters to stop his position being overrun

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QLZp TIL that a hostage in the Iranian Embassy Siege was released due to his loud snoring which kept up other hostages up at night.
dYMQ TIL that Alaskans have been trying to remove the name “Mount McKinley” from their mountain in favor of “Denali” but it’s been blocked for decades by congressmen from Ohio, William McKinley’s home state.
6Ea48 TIL there are “culture-bound syndromes” that are considered to be recognizable diseases only within a specific society or culture. Anorexia is considered a Western culture-bound syndrome.
e0BLL TIL that on Apollo 15, a hammer and a feather were dropped on the surface of the moon to illustrate how objects of different weight fall at an equal rate without air resistance.
grAQb TIL that the song Old Shep (written by Red Foley and made famous by Elvis), is based on dog Foley owned as a child, that, in reality, was poisoned by a neighbor.