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TIL a Texas man shot himself in the face after his bullet ricocheted of the armadillo he was trying to shoot.

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9VGG TIL Martin Luther King Jr’s mother was assassinated by a gunman while she was playing the organ in church.
OoK7Y TIL a French man was surprised by his colleagues with a free ride in a French Air Force fighter jet going 870 mph (but had never said he wanted such a ride). He panicked, accidentally grabbed the ejector button and ejected himself at 2,500 ft altitude. He parachuted safely to to the ground.
7ljM TIL 7-Eleven is Japan’s #1 grocery store
nelMo TIL that Sneha Anne Philip is officially considered to be one of the victims of 9/11. Being a doctor who lived nearby, it's believed that she died trying to help the injured at Ground Zero. There's just one problem: no-one saw her there. Or, indeed, anywhere at all. She went missing on 9/10.
e0b7b TIL Cuttlefish have three hearts; one for oxygenating the body, and two to supply blood to their gills. Their blood is also blue-green.