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TIL a man who kidnapped a couple in Kansas sued them for not helping him evade police

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byap TIL that humans can breath liquid. 1989 human trials in Philadelphia administered total liquid ventilation to near-death infants, who improved remarkably and showed that their lungs could comply to the liquid.
DQVlV TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by a horde of bunnies. In 1807, during a hunt, his chief of staff released thousands of rabbits for the hunt, but the rabbits instead charged at Napoleon and his party, overwhelming them.
awa5y TIL That several people have turned themselves blue by drinking colloidal silver for "health"
R7wr9 TIL In 1941, some Soviet tanks were so superior to German ones, that a single KV tank stalled the German advance for a full day while being attacked by a variety of anti-tank weapons and was overrun only because it finally ran out of ammunition
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