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TIL while on safari, Hemingway survived 2 plane crashes one day apart. The 2nd caught fire & he had to smash open the door with his head, causing extensive burns & skeletal injuries. He was presumed dead until he walked out of the jungle "in high spirits", carrying bananas and a bottle of gin.

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p8rnQ TIL the first detailed medical description of Parkinson's Disease is over 200 years old, yet we still don't know what causes it, how to detect it before symptoms show, and there is still no cure.
69EkZ TIL the 1960's Pink Panther car was custome built on an Oldsmobile Chassis & V8 engine. Instead of a rearview mirror it had a camera and back and black & white television monitor. The 'Panthermobile' cost $100,000 to build, equivalent to $476,000 in 2021.
kLw5 TIL, before his death, Ed Sullivan believed he was suffering complications from his long-standing battle with ulcers. He did not know that he had been diagnosed with advanced esophageal cancer the month before, a diagnosis his family and doctors had kept secret from him.
p8LGO TIL according to a 2006 poll by Marist College, a plurality of people wanted the World Trade Center in New York City rebuilt as it was before 9/11. Complete with its iconic Twin Towers.
jbbv TIL Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States, had electricity installed in the White House for the first time. He and his wife were so scared of being electrocuted that they wouldn’t touch the light switches, often going to sleep with the lights on.