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TIL In 1973, during his stay in Vietnam, Henry Moak was issued a combat ration that included a can of pound cake, manufactured in 1969. He vowed to eat the pound cake when he retired from the Army. On July 24, 2009, Colonel Moak opened the forty-year-old can and kept his word

R7ZoQ TIL Biologist Rita Levi-Montalcini was forced to hide during the Nazi occupation of Italy. She later identified nerve growth factor as a protein, winning the Nobel in Medicine. She lived to over 100 and claimed "At 100, I have a mind that is superior, thanks to experience, than when I was 20"
JYMrB TIL that the creator god of Hindu, Brahma has four hands. The first holds the Vedas (knowledge), the second holds Rosary (time), the third holds a Lotus (the means to feed sacrificial fire), the fourth holds a Water Pot (the means where all creation emanates from)
E1QYV TIL of the North American African American Gun Owners Association (NAAGA), an organization dedicated to the education and training of African Americans on the safe handling and use of firearms
P19n TIL that Barn Owls can see an object at 2 meters with an illumination of .00000073 foot candles. This is equivalent to a person seeing an object by the light of a match a mile away.
pYJnA TIL as the creators of Game of Thrones, David Benioff & Dan Weiss, were "contractually guaranteed producer credits" on all GOT spinoffs, however they declined credits on House of the Dragon & the "free money" that came with it because they weren't involved with it & felt the strain wasn't worth it.