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TIL about Special Forces intel officer COL James N. Rowe who was a POW in the Vietnam War. Rowe spent 62 months in captivity, battled numerous diseases, solved engineering problems to disguise he was an intel officer, and escaped via helicopter by over-powering the guards.

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grlwy TIL Andrew Johnson was drunk when he made his inaugural address as Vice President of the US on March 4, 1865. Multiple sources say he was drunk for at least a week prior, he drank heavily the night before, and drank either three glasses of whisky or one glass of brandy the morning of the ceremony.
9YwAr It happens to everyone. You might be walking back from grabbing a drink at your favourite neighbourhood watering hole, strolling through a dense forest, or even merely getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom when you hear that squishy sound. An ant, a cockroach, a beetle, a centipede, or whatever it used to be, is stuck to the bottom of your foot. Did the bug feel pain when it exploded? Did it feel fear? Did it even have time to be scared? If it had time, would it have done something or said something to any of its bug buddies?
Z8l1D TIL that during World War 2, Ford Motor Company produced a B-24 bomber every 63 minutes
bE70 TIL that wristwatches were almost exclusively worn by women, men used pocket-watches. Wristwatches were first worn by military men towards the end of the 19th century as a way to synchronise maneuvers during war without revealing the plan to the enemy through signaling.
ZlVY TIL the American aircraft carrer USS Harry S. Truman will never be forward deployed to Japan as a sign of respect to the Japanese as Truman approved the use of atomic weapons on Japan