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Jun 10, 2020

TIL about Silver Star recipient SFC Alwyn Cashe. SFC Cashe was injured and soaked with fuel after a complex ambush in the Iraq. He entered a burning vehicle three times and pulled six soldiers to their safety. SFC Cashe received burns on 75% of his body, injuries he eventually succumbed to.

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Feb 16, 2020

TIL of Eric Erickson, a Swedish businessman who pretended to be devoted to the Nazis, but was really a spy for the American military. He made more than 30 trips to Germany between 1939-1945. He mapped out oil refineries that were later bombed. His family had disowned him for “supporting” Hitler.

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Jan 22, 2020

TIL of a marine who called customer service in the middle of a firefight for help repairing his broken rifle. The weapon was firing properly again within 45 seconds.

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Sep 25, 2019

TIL The destruction of the buffalo population was a result of US policy to starve Native Americans

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Jun 08, 2019

TIL the U.S. Army Once Kept $1 Billion Worth of LSD in a Maryland Office for Some Reason ... and Then It Disappeared

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Apr 08, 2019

TIL: the U. S. Government encouraged the extinction of the American Bison to starve and force Native Americans onto reservations.

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