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TIL JFK may have survived his assassination if it were not for the fact he was wearing a brace for his bad back. Oswald’s first shot hit him in the shoulder and chest, but the brace prevented him from slumping over, allowing Oswald to get a more accurate shot to the head.

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oBwy8 TIL asparagus takes 3 years to grow from seed to harvest.
v1KAj TIL a Chilean flamingo escaped an aviary and lived the next 18 years in the wild by the Great Salt Lake. It was nicknamed Pink Floyd, and socialized with local gulls and swans.
Xx8k TIL that the author of the poem “Do not go gently into that good night” died at the mere age of 39. His poem is used frequently in modern pop culture, including the films “Independence Day” and “Interstellar,” and inspired a book George R.R. Martin penned in the 70s.
rke TIL on average 1 in 4 Norwegians knew a victim affected by the 2011 terrorist attack
E64p TIL that in 1962 the US government planned for the CIA to commit perceived acts of terrorism in U.S. cities. These acts of terrorism were to be blamed on Cuba in order to create public support for a war against the country, which had recently become communist.