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TIL Rick Rescorla moved from Britain to fight in Vietnam, was a hero at Ia Drang, and saved all but 7 of his 2,700 employs by running up and down 20 flights of stairs with a bull horn during the 9/11 terror attacks… which took his life.

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knP4 TIL that Joseph Medicine Crow became the last Plains Indian war chief ever after completing all four required tasks while fighting in Europe during World War II. These included touching an enemy soldier, stealing his weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy’s horse.
E1ak7 TIL Each US state manages a federally-allocated fund to support victims of crime; if you are the victim of a crime, you can apply for reimbursement for medical services, mental health counseling, lost wages, and other costs incurred as a result of the crime.
nQrB Til that Matthew McConaughey replaced Owen Wilson in ‘Tropic Thunder’ after Wilson’s battle with depression and attempt at suicide by overdosing and slitting his wrists
06Kj TIL in 1998 the remains of six children and four adults were discovered hidden below the former home of Benjamin Franklin. According to The Times most of the bones appeared sawed or cut, and one skull had many holes drilled in it.
mxJYp TIL that the USSR has missiles pointed at a hot dog stand in the Pentagon because they believed it led to a top secret meeting room