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TIL risk of injury or death from lightning strikes is not minimized by the” lightning position” we were taught

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OXpa TIL The very first attempted assassination of a United States president was stopped when then President, Andrew Jackson, beat his assailant brutally with a his cane before being stopped by a nearby congressmen.
AD57l TIL just how massive and well coordinated the opening air attack on Iraq was in Desert Storm. Multiple countries were involved, multiple types of different aircraft were used, and hundreds of aircraft in the air all at the same time, it was an incredible effort.
jEoa TIL that Americans who listened to the first Kennedy-Nixon debate on the radio felt that Nixon had won while those who watched it on television were sure that Kennedy had won. This was because, where Nixon had eloquence and debate skills, Kennedy had charm and showmanship.
4kv0g TIL Metallica's "Master of Puppets" reached both the Billboard Hot 100 (no. 40) & the UK Top 40 (no. 22) for the first time ever in July 2022 after the 1986 metal classic was prominently featured in the Season 4 finale of Stranger Things.
NAPP TIL some Hiroshima survivors grew “black fingernails,” which were strange rod-shaped fingernails that contained active blood vessels and bled profusely when they broke off.